Phrase guide

suction cup

noun · 2 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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  • /ˈsʌkʃən kʌp/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cup made of flexible material, such as rubber, that uses suction as an adhesive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a cup-shaped device (made of rubber, glass, or plastic) that produces a partial vacuum; used to adhere or draw something to a surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: device

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَدَح سَفْط (qadaḥ safṭ) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Asturian: ventosa — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Azerbaijani: sormac — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Belarusian: прысо́сак (prysósak) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Bulgarian: венду́за (vendúza) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Bulgarian: венту́за (ventúza) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Catalan: ventosa — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Chinese Cantonese: 吸盤 /吸盘 — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吸盤 /吸盘 (xīpán) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Czech: přísavka — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Danish: sugekop — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Dutch: zuignap — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Estonian: iminapp — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Finnish: imukuppi — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • French: ventouse — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Galician: ventosa — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • German: Saugnapf — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • German: Sauger — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Greek: βεντούζα (ventoúza) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Hebrew: כּוֹסוֹת רוּחַ (kosót rúakh) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Hungarian: tapadókorong — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Icelandic: sogskál — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Irish: cupa súcháin — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Italian: ventosa — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Japanese: 吸盤 (kyūban) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Korean: 흡반 (heupban) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Korean: 빨판 (ppalpan) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Lithuanian: siurbtukas — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Mongolian: соруул (soruul) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Mongolian: бумба (bumba) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sugekopp — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sugekopp — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Polish: przyssawka — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Portuguese: ventosa — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Romanian: ventuză — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Russian: присо́ска (prisóska) — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Slovak: prísavka — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Slovene: prisesek — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Spanish: ventosa — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Spanish: chupón — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Swedish: sugkopp — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Swedish: sugpropp — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Turkish: vantuz — cup using suction as an adhesive
  • Ukrainian: присо́сок (prysósok) — cup using suction as an adhesive