noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɡɒblət/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A drinking vessel with a foot and stem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
sup wine from a goblet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chalice
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cup
Narrower terms: grail, Holy Grail, Sangraal
3
noun
Meaning 3
a drinking glass with a base and stem
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: glass, drinking glass
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kupë
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Arabic:
صُوَاع
(ṣuwāʕ)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Armenian:
գավաթ
(gavatʻ)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Aromanian:
cupã
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Belarusian:
паці́р
(pacír)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Bengali:
সুরাই
(śurai)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Bulgarian:
бокал
(bokal)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Bulgarian:
чаша със столче
(čaša sǎs stolče)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Catalan:
calze
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Chinese Mandarin:
高脚杯
(gāojiǎobēi)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Danish:
bæger
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Esperanto:
pokalo
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Finnish:
pikari
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
French:
gobelet
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Galician:
cálice
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Galician:
copa
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Galician:
gobelete
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Georgian:
თასი
(tasi)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
German:
Kelch
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
German:
Pokal
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Ancient Greek:
δέπᾰς
(dépăs)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Ancient Greek:
κύπελλον
(kúpellon)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Hebrew:
גָּבִיעַ
(gavía')
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Hungarian:
serleg
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Icelandic:
bikar
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Ido:
gobleto
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Ingrian:
pikari
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Irish:
cuach
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Italian:
coppa
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Italian:
calice
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Latin:
cibōrium
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Latin:
hama
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Macedonian:
пехар
(pehar)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Polish:
kielich
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Polish:
puchar
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Portuguese:
cálice
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Romanian:
cupă
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Russian:
ку́бок
(kúbok)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Russian:
бока́л
(bokál)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Scottish Gaelic:
cuach
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Spanish:
copa
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Spanish:
copón
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Spanish:
velicomen
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Swedish:
bägare
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Turkish:
kadeh
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Ottoman Turkish:
آیاغ
(ayag)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Ugaritic:
𐎖𐎁𐎓𐎚
(qbʿt)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Walloon:
cope
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Yiddish:
כּוס
(kos)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Yiddish:
בעכער
(bekher)
— drinking vessel with a foot and stem