different between putto vs petto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian putto (“cupid, putto; boy”), from Latin putus (“boy”), a variant of p?sus (“(little) boy”), from puer (“boy, lad; child”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh?w- (“few, little; smallness”).

The plural form putti is also borrowed from Italian putti.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?to?/, [-?o?]
• Hyphenation: put?to

Noun

putto (plural putti or (rare) puttos or puttoes)

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

Hyponyms

• (putto representing Cupid or love): amoretto, amorino, cupid

Translations

References

Further reading

• putto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• toput, tot up

Finnish

Noun

putto

1. putto, cherub

Declension

Synonyms

• kerubi

Anagrams

• pottu, potut, putot, tupot

Italian

Etymology

From Latin p?tus.

Noun

putto m (plural putti)

1. (art) putto, cherub, cupid

   Synonym: amorino

2. (rare) child

Descendants

• ? English: putto

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

putto m

1. singular nominative of putta

English

Noun

petto

1. Only used in in petto

Dutch

Noun

petto

1. Only used in in petto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg (“breast”). Compare Catalan pit, Portuguese peito, Romanian piept, Spanish pecho.

Pronunciation

• pètto
• IPA^(key): /?p?t.to/

Noun

petto m (plural petti)

1. chest (anatomical)
2. breast (especially of chicken etc)

Descendants

• Dutch: in petto
• English: in petto
• German: in petto

Japanese

Romanization

petto

1. R?maji transcription of ???