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cup en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ˈkɐp/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈkʌp/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkʊp/ (Ireland, Northern-England) without the foot-strut split
  • [ˈkɐ̞p] (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewp-der. Latin cūpa ▲ Frankish *koppinflu.? Late Latin cuppabor.? Proto-Indo-European *gew-der. Proto-Germanic *kuppaz? Old English cuppe ▲ Proto-Germanic *kuppaz Old English copp Middle English cuppe, coppe English cup Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”). Old English cuppe is a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa, itself of obscure origin, but probably from earlier Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Old English copp, however, is from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”) (whence also obsolete English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), German Kopf (“top, head”)). The Middle English word was further reinforced by Anglo-Norman cupe and Old French cope, coupe, from Latin cuppa. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kop (“cup”), West Frisian kop (“cup”), Dutch kop (“cup”), German Low German Koppke, Köppke (“cup”), Danish kop (“cup”), Swedish kopp (“cup”). Doublet of coupe, hive, and keeve.

Meanings

  1. A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
    • Pour the tea into the cup.
  2. The contents of said vessel.
    • In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property. 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
    • I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.
  3. (US) A customary unit of measure ▸ A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
  4. (Canada) A customary unit of measure ▸ A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
  5. (UK, dated) A customary unit of measure ▸ A British unit of measure equal to ¹⁄₂ imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.
  6. (Australia, New-Zealand) A customary unit of measure ▸ A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL.
  7. A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
    • The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.
    • Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  8. A contest for which a cup is awarded.
    • The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.
  9. The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
    • Wallace had the unique distinction of being the only player ever to play in the English, Welsh and Scottish Cups in the same season. 2011, Michael Grant, Rob Robertson, The Management: Scotland's Great Football Bosses, Birlinn, →ISBN:
    • Until it was disbanded in 1999, the European Cup-Winners Cup was contested annually by the winners of Europe's national cups. 2002, Rob Dimery, Peter Watts, Guinness world records, Gullane Children's Books, →ISBN:
    • One week earlier, they had lost 5-2 to Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal [the German cup] final in Berlin. 2014, Martí Perarnau, Pep Confidential: Inside Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich, Birlinn, →ISBN:
  10. A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
    • The ball just misses the cup.
  11. A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.
  12. (in-compounds, usually) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
    • gin cup
    • claret cup
    • The bridge tables were not set out in the garden-room, which entailed a scurry over damp gravel on a black, windy night, but in the little square parlour above her diningroom, where Withers, in the intervals of admitting her guests, was laying out plates of sandwiches and the chocolate cakes, reinforced when the interval for refreshments came with hot soup, whisky and syphons, and a jug of “cup” prepared according to an ancestral and economical recipe, which Miss Mapp had taken a great deal of trouble about. A single bottle of white wine, with suitable additions of ginger, nutmeg, herbs and soda-water, was the mother of a gallon of a drink that seemed aflame with fiery and probably spirituous ingredients. Guests were very careful how they partook of it, so stimulating it seemed. 1922, E.F. Benson, Miss Mapp, London: Heinemann, published 1970, SBN 434 06504 8, pages 158–159:
    • cider cup
  13. (Canada, US) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
    • Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.
    • Boys, I thought I told you to let the store tell you what cup size you needed. 2000 March 27, Bill Amend, FoxTrot (comic):
  14. One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
    • The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.
  15. One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast. ▸ Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
    • "For cleavage to show up in these photos, a girl has to have C-cup breasts — at least that's what they told me once." 2010, Tom Clancy, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Books 1-6, page 1149:
  16. The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.
  17. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
  18. (qualifier:ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
  19. A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
  20. Anything shaped like a cup.
    • Even if the parts are thicknessed by machine, check for and plane out any cup with a bench plane. 2003, Garrett Hack, The Handplane Book, page 143:
    • the cup of an acorn
    • The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. 1745, William Shenstone, Elegy VIII:
  21. (historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
  22. (figuratively) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
    • O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 26:39:

Forms

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cups Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

pannikin · mug · cap

Deriveds

cup plant · cupmaker · cup bearer · eggcup · standing cup · grace-cup · monkey cup · cup-shaped · cup lichen · cup towel · cupcake · cup orchid · goldcup · cup of joe · fringecup · super cup · stirrup cup · cup-tosser · supercup · oilcup · go down like a cup of sick · kingcup · golden-cup oak · cup shake · tailcup · cup-shot · leafcup · cup o' joe · A-cup · there's many a slip between the cup and the lip · cup moth · there's many a slip twixt cup and lip · cup custard · cupless · splash cup · huntsman's cup · cupmate · mooncup · let this cup pass from me · cupflower · cup-and-ball · common brown cup · cup gall · cup discharger · go cup · PB cup · coffee-cup · claretcup · eye-cup · cup that cheers · cuppa · chop cup · queen's cup · sneak-cup · cupster · keep cup · shooter cup · cupper · menstrual cup · tea cup · cupstone · cup check · breakfastcup · acorn cup · wine-cup · Magdalen cup · siphon cup · shot cup · cup holder · cupsona · pup cup · whitecup · cup-tied · cupbearer · cup-and-saucer plant · that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee · cupwise · world cup · audiocup · mini-cup · cupman · tea-cup · mini cup · cupward · teacup · queen cup · elf-cup · Pimm's cup · earcup · cupbearing · Pythagoras cup · suncup · moustache cup · skullcup · cup cheese · cuppy · egg cup · paper cup · peanut butter cup · cup of coffee · cup of tea · loving cup · cup-bearer · coffee cup · sippy cup · muffin cup · that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffee · tip cup · cup size · A cup · golden cup · mustache cup · gold cup · someone's cup of tea · wine cup · there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip · fruit cup · fuddling cup · you can't pour from an empty cup · cup final · cupboard · band cup · cup-rose · cuplet · cup noodles · monkey-cup · hunter's cup · cupule · league cup · creamcups · cupwing · optic cup · cupsworth · minicup · that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee · diva cup · eyecup · winecup · cup moss · drinking-cup · canteen cup · cupholder · Tantalus cup · cupmaking · macrocup · pixie cup · Little-Master cup · parabolic cup · cup tie · parting-cup · go down like a cup of cold sick · chirping cup · Cuppers · Cup Final · buttercup · caudle cup · Grey Cup · Dixie cup · shaving-cup · cuphead · cup stacking · builder's cup · death cup · cage cup · cupware · demicup · mossycup · flip cup · peanut-butter cup · cuplike · dixie cup · cup fungus · cupset · Pythagorean cup · cupseed · builders' cup · drink from the furry cup · measuring cup · Neptune's cup · cupel · cup-shotten · mess cup · spit-cup · pimp cup · cuplessness · Faraday cup

Descendants

カップ · kɔpɩ · קאפ · kapu · · kopsa · kaap

Synonyms

cupful · box · suction cup

Translations (470)

da skål (part of bra) · es copa (contest) · kxd cawan (drinking vessel) · ain イタンキ (drinking vessel) · gl copa (drinking vessel) · th ถ้วย (drinking vessel) · fa پِیْمانِه (unit of measure) · ps پياله (drinking vessel) · cy cwpan (trophy) · nds Koppke (drinking vessel) · yue cup (part of bra) · ca tassa (drinking vessel) · sv kopp (drinking vessel) · ks پیالہٕ (drinking vessel) · sh pȅhār (trophy) · ar فنجال (drinking vessel) · uk ча́шка (drinking vessel) · lo ຈອກ (drinking vessel) · ja(trophy) · de Meisterschaft (contest) · ur کاسَہ (drinking vessel) · de Tasse (unit of measure) · ps کنداره (drinking vessel) · hi पैमाना (unit of measure) · lv kauss (trophy) · yue(drinking vessel) · kw hanath (drinking vessel) · es taza (unit of measure) · hi प्याली (drinking vessel) · iba chawan (drinking vessel) · fi unioni (math: symbol denoting union) · ale chaaskax̂ (drinking vessel) · sid siine (drinking vessel) · it coppa (drinking vessel) · xal ааһ (drinking vessel) · co coppa (drinking vessel) · zh 甌仔 /瓯仔 (drinking vessel) · se gohppu (drinking vessel) · la pōculum (drinking vessel) · pt copa (part of bra) · ja 茶碗 (drinking vessel) · oc tassa (drinking vessel) · nb cup (contest) · sk pohár (trophy) · mel sakir (drinking vessel) · rm tazza (drinking vessel) · sv kaffekopp (unit of measure) · ain パケㇱ (drinking vessel) · sl skodelica (drinking vessel) · vi chén (unit of measure) · ky чыны (drinking vessel) · bcl tasa (drinking vessel) · so koob (drinking vessel) · ja 優勝杯 (trophy) · af koppie (unit of measure) · nrf tâsse (drinking vessel) · nn skål (part of bra) · nrf coupe (drinking vessel) · zza fincon (drinking vessel) · eu kopa (drinking vessel) · sah чааскы (drinking vessel) · mi pākai raho (protective covering for the male genitalia) · ky чөйчөк (drinking vessel) · dsb bjachaŕ (drinking vessel) · es copa (part of bra) · fi pokaali (trophy) · hu kosár (part of bra) · ar كاسة (drinking vessel) · lv kauss (contest) · it conchiglia (protective covering for the male genitalia) · tg финҷон (drinking vessel) · sv turnering (contest) · kum пинжан (drinking vessel) · zdj ikomɓe (drinking vessel) · ro ceașcă (drinking vessel) · sq filxhan (drinking vessel) · chr ᎠᎫᎩᏍᏗ (drinking vessel) · cy cwpan (drinking vessel) · ja 和集合 (math: symbol denoting union) · la hēmīna (unit of measure) · ast copa (trophy) · ba сынаяҡ (drinking vessel) · pl szklanka (drinking vessel) · km ពែង (drinking vessel) · bg купа (contest) · fi kuppi (drinking vessel) · os пиала (drinking vessel) · rm cuppina (drinking vessel) · cop ⲁⲫⲟⲧ (drinking vessel) · vo tirüdülabovül (drinking vessel) · pl puchar (trophy) · rsk шолька (drinking vessel) · sh шо́ља (drinking vessel) · ar كُوب (unit of measure) · hu csésze (drinking vessel) · hy գավաթ (contest) · mn ᠴᠣᠮᠣ (drinking vessel) · lt puodukas (drinking vessel) · ja カップ (part of bra) · za boi (drinking vessel) · fi malja (that which is to be received or indured) · da cup (contest) · sk hrnček (drinking vessel) · fy kop (drinking vessel) · fi kuppi (anything shaped like a cup) · el κούπα (drinking vessel) · ar فنجان (drinking vessel) · pt coquilha (protective covering for the male genitalia) · fi kuppi (part of bra) · de Pokal (trophy) · fr coquille (protective covering for the male genitalia) · hy բաժակ (drinking vessel) · ota طاس (drinking vessel) · njo-jgl marok (drinking vessel) · ru ча́шка (drinking vessel) · sdo sangkir (drinking vessel) · sga cuäch (drinking vessel) · fo koppur (unit of measure) · ru ку́бок (trophy) · kk кубок (trophy) · tr kupa (trophy) · mk куп (contest) · ovd kapp (drinking vessel) · grc ποτήριον (drinking vessel) · eo taso (drinking vessel) · cs kalich (that which is to be received or indured) · cs hrnek (drinking vessel) · bo ཕོར་པ (drinking vessel) · ja お猪口 (drinking vessel) · he כּוֹס (drinking vessel) · yi טעפּל (unit of measure) · esu keluskaq (drinking vessel) · zh җунзы (drinking vessel) · ko(drinking vessel) · yag ayšu-tuku (drinking vessel) · ks کَپ (drinking vessel) · bn পেয়ালা (drinking vessel) · tr kupa (contest) · ur کَپ (drinking vessel) · lt taurė (trophy) · rm scariola (drinking vessel) · mi kapu (drinking vessel) · aa figgáan (drinking vessel) · vo kafabovül (drinking vessel) · ug پىيالە (drinking vessel) · uz piyola (drinking vessel) · fkv pukaali (trophy) · vi cốc (drinking vessel) · tl tasa (drinking vessel) · ja(contest) · rue фі́нджа (drinking vessel) · nb skål (part of bra) · vo gleipedabovül (drinking vessel) · sk šálka (drinking vessel) · ca cassoleta (golf: cup-shaped object placed in the target hole) · ar فنجان (drinking vessel) · es coquilla (protective covering for the male genitalia) · eu kikara (drinking vessel) · ce кад (drinking vessel) · ga corn (trophy) · cs kalich hořkosti (that which is to be received or indured) · cjy 杯子 (drinking vessel) · fr coupe (trophy) · kk шыны аяқ (drinking vessel) · fi kuppi (unit of measure) · sv cup (contest) · uk ча́шечка (drinking vessel) · yi כּוס (drinking vessel) · pl kubek (drinking vessel) · rm scadiola (drinking vessel) · vi tách (drinking vessel) · cjs айақ (drinking vessel) · kmr tas (drinking vessel) · ru ку́бок (contest) · de Tasse (drinking vessel) · lv krūzīte (drinking vessel) · az fincan (drinking vessel) · ur پَیمانَہ (unit of measure) · grc καῦκος (drinking vessel) · xag 𐕄𐕒𐔳 (drinking vessel) · az kubok (trophy) · fa پِنْگان (drinking vessel) · wa djate (drinking vessel) · ko(part of bra) · mn ᠠᠶᠠᠭ ᠠ (drinking vessel) · ps کوندازه (drinking vessel) · ko(unit of measure) · ru ча́ша (drinking vessel) · ja カップ (contest) · tk çanak (drinking vessel) · es vaso (drinking vessel) · zh ванвар (drinking vessel) · nds Köppke (drinking vessel) · alt айак (drinking vessel) · lv tase (drinking vessel) · rm coppa (drinking vessel) · vi ly (drinking vessel) · de Pokal (contest) · ang cuppe (drinking vessel) · fr tasse (drinking vessel) · yua u k’aabil ki’ ne'en (drinking vessel) · zh 杯仔 (drinking vessel) · nv bąąh haʼíizhahí (drinking vessel) · gl conca (drinking vessel) · fo steypakapping (contest) · tr tas (unit of measure) · esu caskaq (drinking vessel) · ps جام (drinking vessel) · fi malja (tarot suit) · vi cúp (trophy) · ja カップ (golf: cup-shaped object placed in the target hole) · zh цаван (drinking vessel) · nl kopje (drinking vessel) · pdt Tauss (drinking vessel) · tt чынаяк (drinking vessel) · sh пе̏ха̄р (trophy) · tt касә (drinking vessel) · hsb šalka (drinking vessel) · hi प्याला (drinking vessel) · ltg kauss (drinking vessel) · ga corn (contest) · mt kikkra (drinking vessel) · cs košíček (part of bra) · cy cwpan (contest) · kjh айах (drinking vessel) · el κούπα (unit of measure) · ms cawan (drinking vessel) · fr tasse (unit of measure) · nn cup (contest) · ms cangkir (drinking vessel) · sh fìndžān (drinking vessel) · grc κοτύλη (drinking vessel) · sv pokal (trophy) · om shinii (drinking vessel) · kl imertarfik (drinking vessel) · ka ფინჯანი (drinking vessel) · zh 杯子 (drinking vessel) · cs pohár (trophy) · ar كُوب (drinking vessel) · ru ку́бок (drinking vessel) · rm cuppegn (drinking vessel) · pl puchar (contest) · pl kielich (tarot suit) · zh ванванзы (drinking vessel) · es cubilete (dice cup) · mk филџан (drinking vessel) · fro cope (drinking vessel) · sah сэлиэнэй (drinking vessel) · sh ку̏п (contest) · qu qiru (drinking vessel) · vo bovül (drinking vessel) · et tass (drinking vessel) · ar كاس (drinking vessel) · mn аяга (drinking vessel) · fa فِنْجان (drinking vessel) · my ခွက် (drinking vessel) · grc κοτύλη (unit of measure) · el κύπελλο (contest) · el κύπελλο (trophy) · khb ᦏᦽᧉ (drinking vessel) · nds Köppen (drinking vessel) · mn цомоо (drinking vessel) · fr coupe (contest) · mhn bikera (drinking vessel) · bg чашка (part of bra) · uk ку́бок (drinking vessel) · ky аяк (drinking vessel) · iba changkir (drinking vessel) · ale chaasxix̂ (drinking vessel) · fo koppur (drinking vessel) · ta கோப்பை (drinking vessel) · gl cunca (drinking vessel) · kix thīngkhēuh (drinking vessel) · br hanaf (drinking vessel) · pt xícara (unit of measure) · he כּוֹס (unit of measure) · sh šoljica (drinking vessel) · ar فِنْجَان (drinking vessel) · pt copa (contest) · ro cupă (part of bra) · fi cup-puolustus (ultimate frisbee: a defensive style) · it coppa (part of bra) · fo steyp (trophy) · tt чашка (drinking vessel) · sh čȁša (drinking vessel) · ro cupă (trophy) · lb Taass (drinking vessel) · el φλιτζάνι (drinking vessel) · mbf cangkir (drinking vessel) · ja コップ (drinking vessel) · fa جام (trophy) · it tazza (drinking vessel) · ltg kubucs (drinking vessel) · sh šólja (drinking vessel) · da pokal (trophy) · mfe tas (drinking vessel) · id cangkir (drinking vessel) · cs pohár (contest) · alt чӧчӧй (drinking vessel) · ru ча́шечка (part of bra) · sv kupa (part of bra) · hak 杯仔 (drinking vessel) · ta கோப்பை (trophy) · he גָּבִיעַ (contest) · pt taça (trophy) · hy գավաթ (trophy) · io taso (drinking vessel) · es taza (drinking vessel) · luy sikombe (drinking vessel) · es copa (trophy) · fr coupe (drinking vessel) · la cantharus (drinking vessel) · mi ipu (trophy) · ar كوباية (drinking vessel) · fi cup (contest) · it coppa (trophy) · st kopi (drinking vessel) · be ку́бак (drinking vessel) · pt xícara (drinking vessel) · tk käse (drinking vessel) · uga 𐎋𐎒 (drinking vessel) · oc copa (trophy) · nb kopp (drinking vessel) · arc כסא (drinking vessel) · nl beker (trophy) · ja カップ (drinking vessel) · sh фѝлџа̄н (drinking vessel) · he סֵפֶל (drinking vessel) · ms piala (trophy) · sv kkp (unit of measure) · ro cupă (contest) · hi चषक (drinking vessel) · hu bajnokság (contest) · fa جام (drinking vessel) · kjh чірче (drinking vessel) · si කෝප්පය (drinking vessel) · fi kuppi (golf: cup-shaped object placed in the target hole) · unm paènt (drinking vessel) · ca copa (trophy) · da kop (drinking vessel) · gl copa (trophy) · bg чаша (unit of measure) · wa cope (contest) · nb pokal (trophy) · ja(tarot suit) · nl bekertoernooi (contest) · sw kombe (contest) · hu kupa (trophy) · ks خوس (drinking vessel) · sh kȕp (contest) · ja または (math: symbol denoting union) · ca tassa (unit of measure) · fi malja (trophy) · sh šalica (drinking vessel) · vo tiedabovül (drinking vessel) · is bolli (drinking vessel) · ti ዋንጫ (drinking vessel) · co tazza (drinking vessel) · oj onaagaans (drinking vessel) · el κούπα (part of bra) · ain トゥキ (drinking vessel) · ko(unit of measure) · tg косача (drinking vessel) · eo pokalo (trophy) · ja カップ状 (anything shaped like a cup) · mel itel (drinking vessel) · sh фѝнџа̄н (drinking vessel) · mww khob (drinking vessel) · zh 罩杯 (part of bra) · uli kaap (drinking vessel) · sh fìldžān (drinking vessel) · bg ча́ша (drinking vessel) · pt copo (drinking vessel) · izh kuppi (drinking vessel) · meu bio (drinking vessel) · bg купа (trophy) · es cuchumbo (dice cup) · ta கோப்பை (contest) · kmr fîncan (drinking vessel) · la calix (drinking vessel) · vo köp (trophy) · cs šálek (drinking vessel) · ne कप (drinking vessel) · grc ποτήρ (drinking vessel) · pt chávena (drinking vessel) · ja(drinking vessel) · ca copa (part of bra) · sh чаша (drinking vessel) · nv bee adlání (drinking vessel) · lg ekikopo (drinking vessel) · fr bonnet (part of bra) · tr kâse (drinking vessel) · ms piala (contest) · kw hanaf (drinking vessel) · ltg garcs (drinking vessel) · nl toque (protective covering for the male genitalia) · pl puchar (tarot suit) · de Becher (that which is to be received or indured) · ga cupán (drinking vessel) · sk košíček (part of bra) · haw poʻi (anything shaped like a cup) · sh шољица (drinking vessel) · kk аяқ (drinking vessel) · is bikar (contest) · ga cupán (unit of measure) · lt puodelis (drinking vessel) · fi kuppaussarvi (medicine: cupping glass or similar vessel) · nl kop (drinking vessel) · ota فنجان (drinking vessel) · ar فِنْجَان (trophy) · lv kauss (drinking vessel) · mi ipu (drinking vessel) · fa کاپ (trophy) · inh кад (drinking vessel) · mk чаша (drinking vessel) · he גָּבִיעַ (trophy) · vi chén (drinking vessel) · fi alasuoja (protective covering for the male genitalia) · ast taza (drinking vessel) · ja(drinking vessel) · gan 杯子 (drinking vessel) · ur پْیالَہ (drinking vessel) · ja カップ (tarot suit) · gd copan (drinking vessel) · af koppie (drinking vessel) · pa ਪਿਆਲਾ (drinking vessel) · pt chávena (unit of measure) · nl tas (drinking vessel) · oc copa (drinking vessel) · nds Tass (drinking vessel) · tg пиёла (drinking vessel) · ja お椀型 (anything shaped like a cup) · sw kikombe (drinking vessel) · nn pokal (trophy) · arc ܟܣܐ (drinking vessel) · sw kombe (trophy) · fy kopke (unit of measure) · pl miseczka (part of bra) · pl filiżanka (drinking vessel) · am ጥዋ (drinking vessel) · tt кәсә (drinking vessel) · ko(drinking vessel) · ast copa (drinking vessel) · de Körbchen (part of bra) · gd cupa (drinking vessel) · ca copa (contest) · rm cuppin (drinking vessel) · dsb tasa (drinking vessel) · ja カップ (unit of measure) · be ча́шка (drinking vessel) · sk košík (part of bra) · sv pokal (contest) · tr fincan (drinking vessel) · lo ຖ້ວຽ (drinking vessel) · ur پْیالا (drinking vessel) · mk пехар (trophy) · bua аяга (drinking vessel) · ar كَأْس (drinking vessel) · tg пингон (drinking vessel) · ia tassa (drinking vessel) · wuu 杯子 (drinking vessel) · akk kāsum (drinking vessel) · lo ຖ້ວຍ (drinking vessel) · de Suspensorium (protective covering for the male genitalia) · mk шолја (drinking vessel) · ar كوب (drinking vessel) · is bikar (trophy) · wa cope (trophy) · fr cloche (anything shaped like a cup) · ko 고뿌 (drinking vessel)

wikidata: Q81727 · wikidata: Q381165

Source: en.wiktionary, “cup” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

cup en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ˈkɐp/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈkʌp/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkʊp/ (Ireland, Northern-England) without the foot-strut split
  • [ˈkɐ̞p] (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewp-der. Latin cūpa ▲ Frankish *koppinflu.? Late Latin cuppabor.? Proto-Indo-European *gew-der. Proto-Germanic *kuppaz? Old English cuppe ▲ Proto-Germanic *kuppaz Old English copp Middle English cuppe, coppe English cup Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”). Old English cuppe is a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa, itself of obscure origin, but probably from earlier Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Old English copp, however, is from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”) (whence also obsolete English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), German Kopf (“top, head”)). The Middle English word was further reinforced by Anglo-Norman cupe and Old French cope, coupe, from Latin cuppa. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kop (“cup”), West Frisian kop (“cup”), Dutch kop (“cup”), German Low German Koppke, Köppke (“cup”), Danish kop (“cup”), Swedish kopp (“cup”). Doublet of coupe, hive, and keeve.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
    • Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
  2. (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
    • He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
  3. (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
    • We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with cups of wine.
    • Cup us, till the world go round. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
  5. (archaic, transitive) To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
  6. (transitive) To make concave or in the form of a cup.
    • to cup the end of a screw

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cups Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cupping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cupped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cupped Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

recup · uncup

Translations (10)

ty popoʻi (form into the shape of a cup) · fi panna kuppiin (form into the shape of a cup) · ms cekup (form into the shape of a cup) · sv kupa (form into the shape of a cup) · fi laittaa kuppiin (form into the shape of a cup) · sv hålla (hold something in cupped hands) · fi pitää käsissään (hold something in cupped hands) · ta கூப்பு (hold something in cupped hands) · haw poʻi (form into the shape of a cup) · de die Hand aufhalten (form into the shape of a cup)