English Explanatory Dictionary

putto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.

Pronunciation

/ˈpʊtəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-putto.wav /ˈpʊtoʊ/ [-ɾoʊ]

Word forms

putto putti puttos puttoes

Etymology

Borrowed 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”). The plural form putti is also borrowed from Italian putti.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary