different between putto vs putty

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”), from French pot (“pot”). More at English pot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ti/
• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

putty (countable and uncountable, plural putties)

1. A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
2. Any of a range of similar substances.
   1. An oxide of tin, or of lead and tin, used in polishing glass, etc.
   2. A fine cement of lime only, used by plasterers.
3. (golf, colloquial) A golf ball made of composition and not gutta-percha.

Derived terms

• putty in someone's hands

Translations

Adjective

putty (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

Verb

putty (third-person singular simple present putties, present participle puttying, simple past and past participle puttied)

1. (transitive) To fix or fill using putty.

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

putty (comparative puttier, superlative puttiest)

1. (pronunciation spelling) pretty; purdy

Etymology 3

Noun

putty (plural putties)

1. Alternative form of puttee