teacup
English
/tiː.kʌp/
noun
Definitions
- A small cup, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
- A unit of measure; a teacupful.
Etymology
Compound from English tea + English cup (trophy, drinking vessel).
Origin
English
cup
Gloss
trophy, drinking vessel
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Grey Cup English
- acorn cup English
- antitea English
- audiocup English
- breakfastcup English
- builder's tea English
- builders' tea English
- buttercup English
- cup English
- cup-shot English
- cupbearer English
- cupbearing English
- cupboard English
- cupcake English
- cupful English
- cuphead English
- cupholder English
- cupless English
- cuplike English
- cupmaker English
- cupman English
- cupper English
- cupping English
- cuppy English
- cupster English
- cupsworth English
- cupule English
- cupward English
- cupwise English
- demicup English
- drinking-cup English
- earcup English
- eggcup English
- eyecup English
- goldcup English
- kingcup English
- leafcup English
- macrocup English
- minicup English
- mossycup English
- oilcup English
- peanut butter cup English
- shower tea English
- skullcup English
- sneak-cup English
- suncup English
- supercup English
- tailcup English
- tea English
- tea bowl English
- tea cloth English
- tea towel English
- teabag English
- teabagger English
- teaberry English
- teabowl English
- teabox English
- teaboy English
- teacake English
- teacart English
- teacloth English
- teacupful English
- teacuplike English
- teahead English
- teahouse English
- teakettle English
- tealess English
- tealight English
- tealike English
- tealite English
- teamaking English
- teapot English
- tearoom English
- teaspoon English
- teatard English
- teatime English
- teaware English
- uncup English
- winecup English
- cup Finnish
- Cup German
- Tee German
- thee Dutch, Flemish
- thé French
- cup Norwegian Bokmål
- cup noodles Portuguese
- cup Swedish
- カップ Japanese
- ティーカップ Japanese
- cup Norwegian Nynorsk
- cuppe Middle English
- tae Irish
- teo Esperanto
- te Welsh
- קאפ Hebrew (modern)
- máilmmicup Northern Sami
- 컵 Korean
- ti Marshallese
- tied Volapük
- iti Xhosa
- kap Tok Pisin
- ti Tok Pisin
- أتاي Moroccan Arabic
- tī Maori
- Koppche Pennsylvania German
- ti Hausa
- tiyi Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- ti Chuukese
- ti Choctaw
- kɔpɩ Farefare
- cup
- tea
- cuppy
- uncup
- teabox
- eyecup
- cupman
- suncup
- cupful
- cupper
- earcup
- eggcup
- cupule
- oilcup
- teabag
- teapot
- teaboy
- cupward
- teabowl
- teatime
- cupster
- cupcake
- leafcup
- cupping
- demicup
- cupless
- cuphead
- teacake
- tailcup
- teatard
- tealite
- tearoom
- teahead
- kingcup
- teacart
- cuplike
- tealike
- goldcup
- cupwise
- tealess
- antitea
- teaware
- minicup
- winecup
- teahouse
- supercup
- teaberry
- cupmaker
- mossycup
- tealight
- skullcup
- teacloth
- tea bowl
- cupboard
- teaspoon
- macrocup
- cup-shot
- Grey Cup
- audiocup
- teamaking
- cupholder
- teacupful
- cupsworth
- tea cloth
- buttercup
- sneak-cup
- tea towel
- teabagger
- cupbearer
- teakettle
- acorn cup
- shower tea
- teacuplike
- cupbearing
- drinking-cup
- breakfastcup
- builder's tea
- builders' tea
- peanut butter cup