Phrase guide

cupping glass

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A glass vessel used in cupping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From cupping + glass. Compare Middle English cuppinge cuppe (“cupping glass”, literally “cupping cup”).

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِحْجَم (miḥjam) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Middle Armenian: ապիկի (apiki) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Azerbaijani: banka — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Azerbaijani: küpə (tabriz , qaradagh) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Bulgarian: вендуза (venduza) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Catalan: ventosa — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Estonian: kupuklaas — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Finnish: kuppauskuppi — glass vessel used in cupping
  • French: ventouse — glass vessel used in cupping
  • French: palette — glass vessel used in cupping
  • German: Schröpfkopf — glass vessel used in cupping
  • German: Schröpfglas — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Greek: βεντούζα (ventoúza) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Ancient Greek: σικύα (sikúa) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Ancient Greek: ἰατρική σικύα (iatrikḗ sikúa) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Icelandic: blóðkoppur — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Icelandic: blóðhorn — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Irish: gibne — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Italian: ventosa — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Latin: cucurbita — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Latin: cucurbita ventōsa — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Latin: ventōsa — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Latin: cucurbitula — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Latin: cucurbicula — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Low German: Schröppkopp — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Low German: Schröppglas — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Persian: کوپه (kupe) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Portuguese: ventosa — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Russian: медици́нская ба́нка (medicínskaja bánka) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Serbo-Croatian: ку̏пица — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȕpica — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Spanish: ventosa — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Swedish: koppningsglas — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Tagalog: bakam — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Ottoman Turkish: شیشه (şişe) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Ottoman Turkish: پنگان (pingân) — glass vessel used in cupping
  • Ukrainian: медична банка (medyčna banka) — glass vessel used in cupping