noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈstuːpə/
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rhymes with -uːpə
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others, especially dome-shaped monuments in the Indian style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tope
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrine
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
سْتُوبَا
(stūbā)
— Buddhist monument
Burmese:
ဘုရား
(bhu.ra:)
— Buddhist monument
Burmese:
ထူပါ
(htupa)
— Buddhist monument
Burmese:
စေတီ
(ceti)
— Buddhist monument
Buryat:
субарга
(subarga)
— Buddhist monument
Catalan:
stupa
— Buddhist monument
Chinese Mandarin:
窣堵坡
(sùdǔpō)
— Buddhist monument
Chinese Mandarin:
舍利塔
(shèlìtǎ)
— Buddhist monument
Chinese Mandarin:
佛塔
(fótǎ)
— Buddhist monument
Dutch:
stoepa
— Buddhist monument
Esperanto:
stupao
— Buddhist monument
Estonian:
stuupa
— Buddhist monument
Finnish:
stupa
— Buddhist monument
French:
stupa
— Buddhist monument
French:
stûpa
— Buddhist monument
German:
Stupa
— Buddhist monument
Hindi:
स्तूप
(stūp)
— Buddhist monument
Hungarian:
sztúpa
— Buddhist monument
Italian:
stupa
— Buddhist monument
Japanese:
卒塔婆
— Buddhist monument
Kalmyk:
суврһн
(suvrğn)
— Buddhist monument
Khmer:
ចេតិយ
(caetdəy)
— Buddhist monument
Korean:
탑
(tap)
— Buddhist monument
Korean:
탑파
(tap'pa)
— Buddhist monument
Korean:
스투파
(seutupa)
— Buddhist monument
Korean:
솔도파
(soldopa)
— Buddhist monument
Lao:
ທາດ
(thāt)
— Buddhist monument
Lao:
ສະຖູບ
(sa thūp)
— Buddhist monument
Lao:
ເຈດີ
(chē dī)
— Buddhist monument
Malayalam:
സ്തൂപം
(stūpaṁ)
— Buddhist monument
Mongolian:
суврага
(suvraga)
— Buddhist monument
Mongolian:
ᠰᠤᠪᠤᠷᠭ ᠠ
(suburɣ a)
— Buddhist monument
Nepali:
स्तूप
(stūp)
— Buddhist monument
Polish:
stupa
— Buddhist monument
Portuguese:
estupa
— Buddhist monument
Romanian:
chedi
— Buddhist monument
Russian:
сту́па
(stúpa)
— Buddhist monument
Sanskrit:
स्तूप
(stūpa)
— Buddhist monument
Sikkimese:
མཆོད་རྟེན
(mchod rten)
— Buddhist monument
Sinhalese:
ස්තූපය
(stūpaya)
— Buddhist monument
Spanish:
estupa
— Buddhist monument
Swedish:
stupa
— Buddhist monument
Tamil:
தூபி
(tūpi)
— Buddhist monument
Tamil:
தாது கோபுரம்
(tātu kōpuram)
— Buddhist monument
Thai:
เจดีย์
(jee-dii)
— Buddhist monument
Thai:
สถูป
(sà-tùup)
— Buddhist monument
Thai:
ธาตุ
(tâat)
— Buddhist monument
Tibetan:
མཆོད་རྟེན
(mchod rten)
— Buddhist monument
Tocharian B:
pat
— Buddhist monument
Vietnamese:
tháp
— Buddhist monument
Vietnamese:
chứa hài cốt vị sư
— Buddhist monument
