Definitions For Putto

Noun

PUTTO (plural putti or puttos, es, pl2qual=rare) (art) A representation, especially in renaissance or baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged#adjective, winged (usually male#adjective, male) child; a cherub.

Hyponyms

putto representing cupid or love#noun, love amoretto, amorino, cupid

Translations

Belarusian: пу́та Catalan: amoret Dutch: cherubijn, m Estonian: puto Finnish: putto, kerubi Georgian: პუტი German: Putto, m Greek: αγγελούδι, n Hungarian: puttó Italian: putto Japanese: プット Korean: 푸토 Kyrgyz: путти Russian: пу́тто Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: путо : Roman: puto Thai: พุตโต Ukrainian: пу́тто

Etymology

{{multiple images }} {{PIE root, en, peh₂w}} Borrowed from {{bor, en, it, putto, t=cupid, putto; boy}}, from Latin putus ("boy"), a variant of pūsus, t=(little) boy, from puer, t=boy, lad; child,{{R:OED Online, pos=n, id=155280, date=December 2007, nodot=yes}}; {{R:Lexico, pos=n}} ultimately from {{der, en, ine-pro, *peh₂w-, t=few, little; smallness}}. The {{glossary, plural}} form putti is also borrowed from {{bor, en, it, putti}}.