putto
A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often…A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.
Meaning
1 sensesA representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.
Putto, Putte, Amorette
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Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian putto (“cupid, putto; boy”), from Latin putus (“boy”), a variant ofBorrowed from Italian putto (“cupid, putto; boy”), from Latin putus (“boy”), a variant of pūsus (“(little) boy”), from puer (“boy, lad; child”), from Proto-Italic *puweros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little; smallness”).
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Forms
plural: puttiLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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