cup

cup

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Translingual

Symbol

cup

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Cupeño.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Cupeño terms

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kŭp, IPA(key): /kʌp/
  • (Northern England, Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /kʊp/
  • Rhymes: -ʌp

Noun

cup (plural cups)

  2. A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
    Coordinate terms: mug, pannikin
  3. The contents of said vessel.
    Synonym: cupful
  4. A customary unit of measure
    1. (US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (1⁄16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
    2. (Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (1⁄20 imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
    3. (UK, dated) A British unit of measure equal to 1⁄2 imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.
    4. (Australia, New Zealand) A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL.
  6. A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
  7. A contest for which a cup is awarded.
  8. (soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
  9. (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
  10. A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.
  11. (in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
  12. (US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
    Synonym: (UK) box
  13. One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
    1. Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
  14. (mathematics) The symbol ∪ {displaystyle \cup } denoting union and similar operations.
    Coordinate term: cap
  15. (tarot) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
  16. (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
  17. A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
    Synonym: suction cup
  18. Anything shaped like a cup.
  19. (medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
  20. (figurative) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Farefare: kɔpɩ
  • → Hebrew: קאפ (kap)
  • → Japanese: カップ (kappu)
  • → Kashubian: kopsa (Canada, United States)
  • → Korean: 컵 (keop)
  • → Maori: kapu

Translations

Verb

cup (third-person singular simple present cups, present participle cupping, simple past and past participle cupped)

  1. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
  2. (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
  3. (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.
  5. (transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
  6. (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • cup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • CPU, P.U.C., PUC, Pcu, UCP, UPC

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *tˢupa, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁-po- (compare Sanskrit शोफ (śópha, “swelling”)), from *ḱuh₁- (“to swell up”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsup/

Adjective

cup (feminine cupe)

  1. odd (not even)
Synonyms
  • tek

Etymology 2

Gheg variant of sup.

Noun

cup m (plural cupe, definite cupi, definite plural cupet)

  1. shoulder
Declension

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cūpus, a variant of cūpa (“tub, cask, tun, vat”).

Noun

cup m (plural cups)

  1. winepress
  2. cellar

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cúpula

Further reading

  • “cup”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin capus, masculinization of Latin caput. Compare Italian capo, Romanian cap, Spanish cabo.

Noun

cup m

  1. head

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cup.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʏp/
  • Rhymes: -ʏp

Noun

cup m (plural cups, diminutive cupje n)

  1. (sports) cup (trophy)
    Synonym: beker
  2. cup (one of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast)

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From English cup.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑp/, [ˈkɑ̝p]
  • Rhymes: -ɑp
  • Syllabification(key): cup
  • Hyphenation(key): cup

Noun

cup

  1. cup (contest)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “cup”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cup (“trophy”).

Noun

cup m (definite singular cupen, indefinite plural cuper, definite plural cupene)

  1. (sports) cup (trophy; the competition culminating in the winning of the trophy)

Derived terms

  • cupfinale
  • verdenscup

Related terms

  • pokal

References

  • “cup” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cup (“trophy”).

Noun

cup m (definite singular cupen, indefinite plural cupar, definite plural cupane)

  1. (sports) cup (as above)

Derived terms

  • cupfinale

Related terms

  • pokal

References

  • “cup” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cup.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɵp/, /kap/
  • Rhymes: -ɵp, -ap

Noun

cup c

  1. (sports) cup

Declension

References

  • cup in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *cuːpᴰ (“to kiss”). Cognate with Thai จูบ (jùup), Lao ຈູບ (chūp), Shan ၸုပ်ႇ (tsùp).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɕup˥/
  • Tone numbers: cup7
  • Hyphenation: cup

Verb

cup (Sawndip forms ⿱吻十 or 㗩 or 𱃨 or 習 or 哫 or 𫺿, 1957–1982 spelling cup)

  1. to inhale; to draw (a breath)
  2. to suck
  3. to kiss
  4. to smell; to sniff
  5. to absorb; to take up; to soak up

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