goblet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɡɒblət/
Etymology
From Middle English goblet (= Middle Low German gobelet, kobelet (“goblet”)), from Old French gobellet, diminutive of gobel, from or related to the verb gober (“to ingest”).
Meanings
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A drinking vessel with a foot and stem.
sup wine from a goblet
No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward. No man will ever again drink from this golden goblet!
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 40:At first Enkidu gags on the food, but then he grows to like the strong drink and takes seven goblets, until his face glows.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 190:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| goblets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
goblet drum · gobleted · goblet squat · gobletful · goblet worm · gobletlike · goblet cell
Synonyms
Translations (50)
mk пехар (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · grc κύπελλον (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · it coppa (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · sq kupë (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · bg чаша със столче (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · he גָּבִיעַ (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · izh pikari (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · gl cálice (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · gl copa (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · gl gobelete (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · fi pikari (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · it calice (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · da bæger (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · ru ку́бок (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · ru бока́л (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · es copón (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · es copa (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · pl puchar (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · ota آیاغ (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · es velicomen (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · bn সুরাই (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · be паці́р (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · eo pokalo (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · ka თასი (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · pl kielich (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · de Pokal (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · ca calze (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · ro cupă (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · de Kelch (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · is bikar (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · fr gobelet (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · yi כּוס (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · hy գավաթ (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · rup cupã (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · gd cuach (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · sv bägare (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · grc δέπᾰς (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · ar صُوَاع (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · la hama (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · uga 𐎖𐎁𐎓𐎚 (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · cmn 高脚杯 (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · io gobleto (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · ga cuach (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · tr kadeh (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · pt cálice (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · yi בעכער (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · la cibōrium (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · bg бокал (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · hu serleg (drinking vessel with a foot and stem) · wa cope (drinking vessel with a foot and stem)