Cupid

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• /ˈkjuːpɪd/
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• rhymes with -uːpɪd
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːpɪd/
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• General-American: /ˈkjupɪd/
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• CMU ARPABET: K Y UW1 P IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwep- Proto-Indo-European *kup-yé-tider. Proto-Italic *kupjō Latin cupiō Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin -ēdō Latin -īdō Latin cupīdō Latin Cupīdōder. English Cupid From Latin Cupīdō, personification of cupīdō (“desire, desire of love”), from cupidus (“eager, greedy, passionate”), from cupiō (“to desire”).

From Cupid.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Kupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Arabic: كْيُوبِيد (kyūbīd) — god of love, son of Venus
• Asturian: Cupidu — god of love, son of Venus
• Basque: Kupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Basque: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Bengali: কিউপিড (kiupiḍ) — god of love, son of Venus
• Breton: Amourig — god of love, son of Venus
• Breton: Kupidon — god of love, son of Venus
• Catalan: Cupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Catalan: Cupidell — god of love, son of Venus
• Catalan: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Chinese Mandarin: 丘比特 (Qiūbǐtè) — god of love, son of Venus
• Dutch: Cupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Dutch: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Esperanto: Amoro — god of love, son of Venus
• Faliscan: Cupio — god of love, son of Venus
• Finnish: Cupido — god of love, son of Venus
• French: Cupidon — god of love, son of Venus
• Galician: Cupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Georgian: კუპიდონი (ḳuṗidoni) — god of love, son of Venus
• Georgian: ამური (amuri) — god of love, son of Venus
• German: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• German: Cupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Greek: Έρως (Éros) — god of love, son of Venus
• Greek: Κιούπιντ (Kioúpint) — god of love, son of Venus
• Ancient Greek: Ἔρως (Érōs) — god of love, son of Venus
• Hebrew: קוּפִּידוֹן (Kúpidon) — god of love, son of Venus
• Hindi: क्यूपिड (kyūpiḍ) — god of love, son of Venus
• Hungarian: Ámor — god of love, son of Venus
• Hungarian: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Icelandic: Kúpídó — god of love, son of Venus
• Icelandic: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Indonesian: Kupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Indonesian: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Italian: Amore — god of love, son of Venus
• Italian: Cupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Japanese: キューピッド (Kyūpiddo) — god of love, son of Venus
• Japanese: クピードー (Kupīdō) — god of love, son of Venus
• Japanese: クピド (Kupido) — god of love, son of Venus
• Japanese: アモール (Amōru) — god of love, son of Venus
• Korean: 큐피드 (Kyupideu) — god of love, son of Venus
• Latin: Cupīdō — god of love, son of Venus
• Latin: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Lithuanian: Kupidonas — god of love, son of Venus
• Lithuanian: Amoras — god of love, son of Venus
• Lithuanian: Amūras — god of love, son of Venus
• Macedonian: Ку́пидон (Kúpidon) — god of love, son of Venus
• Maltese: Kupidu — god of love, son of Venus
• Marathi: क्यूपिड (kyūpiḍ) — god of love, son of Venus
• Persian: کوپید (kupid) — god of love, son of Venus
• Persian: کوپیدو (kupido) — god of love, son of Venus
• Polish: Kupidyn — god of love, son of Venus
• Polish: Kupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Polish: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Portuguese: Cupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Portuguese: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Punjabi: ਕਿਊਪਿਡ (kiūpiḍ) — god of love, son of Venus
• Romanian: Cupidon — god of love, son of Venus
• Russian: Аму́р (Amúr) — god of love, son of Venus
• Russian: Купидо́н (Kupidón) — god of love, son of Venus
• Serbo-Croatian: А̑мор — god of love, son of Venus
• Serbo-Croatian: Купид — god of love, son of Venus
• Serbo-Croatian: Купидон — god of love, son of Venus
• Serbo-Croatian: Ȃmor — god of love, son of Venus
• Serbo-Croatian: Kupid — god of love, son of Venus
• Serbo-Croatian: Kupidon — god of love, son of Venus
• Slovene: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Slovene: Kupid — god of love, son of Venus
• Spanish: Cupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Swedish: Amor — god of love, son of Venus
• Swedish: Cupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Swedish: Astrild — god of love, son of Venus
• Tagalog: Kupido — god of love, son of Venus
• Tamil: குபிட் (kupiṭ) — god of love, son of Venus
• Telugu: మన్మథుడు (manmathuḍu) — god of love, son of Venus
• Thai: คิวปิด (kiu-bpìt) — god of love, son of Venus
• Thai: กามเทพ — god of love, son of Venus
• Ukrainian: Аму́р (Amúr) — god of love, son of Venus
• Ukrainian: Купідо́н (Kupidón) — god of love, son of Venus
• Welsh: Ciwpid — god of love, son of Venus
• Chinese Mandarin: 丘比特 (Qiūbǐtè) — reindeer of Santa Claus
• Finnish: Amor — reindeer of Santa Claus
• French: Cupidon — reindeer of Santa Claus
• Greek: Έρως (Éros) — reindeer of Santa Claus
• Italian: Cupido — reindeer of Santa Claus
• Japanese: キューピッド (Kyūpiddo) — reindeer of Santa Claus
• Polish: Amorek — reindeer of Santa Claus
• Portuguese: Cupido — reindeer of Santa Claus
• Spanish: Cupido — reindeer of Santa Claus
• Chinese Mandarin: 天衛二十七 /天卫二十七 (Tiānwèi Èrshíqī) — moon of Uranus
• Hindi: कामदेव (kāmdev) — moon of Uranus
• Japanese: キューピッド (Kyūpiddo) — moon of Uranus
• Marathi: क्यूपिड (kyūpiḍ) — moon of Uranus
• Polish: Kupid — moon of Uranus
• Esperanto: amoreto — child with bow and arrow as representation of love
• Finnish: kerubi — child with bow and arrow as representation of love
• Italian: amorino — child with bow and arrow as representation of love
• Portuguese: cupido — child with bow and arrow as representation of love
• Russian: аму́р (amúr) — child with bow and arrow as representation of love
• Russian: купидо́н (kupidón) — child with bow and arrow as representation of love