adj
Meaning 1
Of an animal, smaller than average.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
teacup
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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/ˈtiː.kʌp/
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noun
Meaning 2
A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A unit of measure; a teacupful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a cup from which tea is drunk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: cup
noun
Meaning 5
as much as a teacup will hold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: teacupful
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: containerful
History
Etymology
From tea + cup.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܸܢܓܵܢܵܐ (pingānā) — cup for drinking tea
- Belarusian: філіжанка (filižanka) — cup for drinking tea
- Bulgarian: чаена чаша (čaena čaša) — cup for drinking tea
- Chinese Cantonese: 茶杯 (caa4 bui1) — cup for drinking tea
- Chinese Mandarin: 茶碗 (cháwǎn) — cup for drinking tea
- Chinese Mandarin: 茶杯 (chábēi) — cup for drinking tea
- Chuvash: чей курки (čej k̬urk̬i) — cup for drinking tea
- Danish: tekop — cup for drinking tea
- Dutch: theekopje — cup for drinking tea
- Estonian: teetass — cup for drinking tea
- Finnish: teekuppi — cup for drinking tea
- French: tasse à thé — cup for drinking tea
- German: Teetasse — cup for drinking tea
- Greek: φλιτζάνι τσαγιού (flitzáni tsagioú) — cup for drinking tea
- Indonesian: cawan — cup for drinking tea
- Irish: cupán tae — cup for drinking tea
- Irish: taechupán — cup for drinking tea
- Japanese: 茶碗 (chawan) — cup for drinking tea
- Japanese: 湯呑み — cup for drinking tea
- Japanese: 湯飲み (yunomi) — cup for drinking tea
- Korean: 찻잔 (chatjan) — cup for drinking tea
- Macedonian: чајна шолја (čajna šolja) — cup for drinking tea
- Macedonian: шолја за чај (šolja za čaj) — cup for drinking tea
- Malay: cawan — cup for drinking tea
- Māori: tīkapu — cup for drinking tea
- Māori: kaputī — cup for drinking tea
- Mongolian: цайны аяга (cajny ajaga) — cup for drinking tea
- Norwegian Bokmål: tekopp — cup for drinking tea
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tekopp — cup for drinking tea
- Pennsylvania German: Koppche — cup for drinking tea
- Polish: filiżanka — cup for drinking tea
- Portuguese: xícara — cup for drinking tea
- Portuguese: chávena — cup for drinking tea
- Romanian: ceașcă — cup for drinking tea
- Russian: ча́йная ча́шка (čájnaja čáška) — cup for drinking tea
- Russian: ча́шка (čáška) — cup for drinking tea
- Swedish: tekopp — cup for drinking tea
- Tibetan: ཇ་དཀར (ja dkar) — cup for drinking tea
- Turkish: çay bardağı — cup for drinking tea
- Turkish: çay fincanı — cup for drinking tea
- Vietnamese: chén uống trà — cup for drinking tea