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goblet

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡɒblət/
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  • CMU ARPABET: G AA1 B L AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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