Phrase guide

world cup

noun · 5 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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1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative letter-case form of World Cup, an international tournament establishing a world champion; the trophy awarded to the winner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international competition of national teams in men's association football and the trophy awarded to the winning team.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Various similar competitions and trophies in other sports.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: usually qualified

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • Women's World Cup
  • Rugby World Cup
  • Baseball World Cup

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The trophy awarded to the winner of such an event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tournament, tourney

History

Etymology

A calque of French Coupe du Monde (1930), originally a nickname for FIFA's Victory or Jules Rimet Trophy and the official name of the award since 1974.

Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wêreldbeker — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Afrikaans: Wêreldbekertoernooi — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Arabic: كَأْس عَالَم (kaʔs ʕālam) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Arabic: كَأْس الْعَالَم (kaʔs al-ʕālam) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Arabic: مُونْدِيَال (mūndiyāl) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Armenian: աշխարհի առաջնություն (ašxarhi aṙaǰnutʻyun) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Azerbaijani: dünya çempionatı — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Azerbaijani: dünya kuboku — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Belarusian: ку́бак све́ту (kúbak svjétu) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Belarusian: ку́бак сьве́ту (kúbak sʹvjétu) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Belarusian: чэмпіяна́т све́ту (čempijanát svjétu) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Belarusian: чэмпіяна́т сьве́ту (čempijanát sʹvjétu) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Bengali: বিশ্বকাপ (biśśokap) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Bulgarian: свето́вна ку́па (svetóvna kúpa) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Burmese: ကမ္ဘာဖလား (kambhahpa.la:) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Burmese: ကမ္ဘာ့ဖလား (kambha.hpa.la:) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Chinese Cantonese: 世界盃 /世界杯 (sai3 gaai3 bui1) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Chinese Mandarin: 世界盃 /世界杯 (shìjièbēi) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Czech: světový pohár — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Danish: verdensmesterskab n VM — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Danish: vm — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Dutch: wereldbeker — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Esperanto: mondpokalo — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Estonian: maailmakarikavõistlused — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Finnish: maailmanmestaruuskilpailut — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Finnish: MM-kisat — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • French: coupe du monde — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Georgian: მსოფლიო ჩემპიონატი (msoplio čemṗionaṭi) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • German: Weltmeisterschaft — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • German: WM — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Greek: παγκόσμιο κύπελλο (pagkósmio kýpello) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Greek: μουντιάλ (mountiál) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Hebrew: מוֹנְדִּיאָל (mondiál) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Hebrew: גְּבִיעַ הָעוֹלָם (gvía' ha-olám) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Hindi: विश्व कप (viśva kap) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Hindi: वर्ल्ड कप (varlḍ kap) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Hungarian: világbajnokság — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Icelandic: heimsmeistarakeppni — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Indonesian: piala dunia — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Irish: Corn an Domhain — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Irish: Corn Domhanda — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Italian: campionato mondiale — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Japanese: ワールドカップ (wārudo kappu) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Japanese: W杯 (daburu-hai) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Kazakh: әлем чемпионаты (älem çempionaty) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Korean: 월드컵 (woldeukeop) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Kyrgyz: дүйнөлүк чемпионат (düynölük cempionat) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Latvian: pasaules kauss — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Lithuanian: pasaulio taurė — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Macedonian: светско првенство (svetsko prvenstvo) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Malay: piala dunia — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Maltese: Tazza tad-Dinja — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Norwegian Bokmål: verdenscup — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Norwegian Bokmål: verdensmesterskap — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Iranian Persian: جامِ جَهانی (jâm-e jahâni) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Iranian Persian: مُسَابَقَاتِ جَهانی (mosâbaġât-e jahâni) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Polish: puchar świata — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Portuguese: mundial — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Portuguese: campeonato mundial — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Portuguese: copa do mundo — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Romanian: cupă mondială — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Romanian: campionat mondial — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Romanian: mondial — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Russian: ку́бок ми́ра (kúbok míra) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Russian: чемпиона́т ми́ра (čempionát míra) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Serbo-Croatian: svetsko prvenstvo — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjetsko prvenstvo — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Slovak: svetový pohár — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Slovene: svetovni pokal — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Spanish: mundial — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Spanish: Copa Mundial — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Swahili: kombe la dunia — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Swedish: världsmästerskap — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Swedish: VM — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Tajik: ҷоми ҷаҳон (jom-i jahon) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Tajik: ҷоми ҷаҳонӣ (jom-i jahoni) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Tajik: чемпионати ҷаҳон (čempionat-i jahon) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Thai: ฟุตบอลโลก — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Turkish: dünya kupası — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Ukrainian: ку́бок сві́ту (kúbok svítu) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Ukrainian: чемпіона́т сві́ту (čempionát svítu) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Urdu: وَرْلْڈ کَپ (varlḍ kap) — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Uzbek: jahon chempionati — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Vietnamese: cúp thế giới — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Zhuang: Boi Seiqgyaiq — international football tournament; other sports competitions similar to this
  • Belarusian: ку́бак све́ту (kúbak svjétu) — trophy
  • Belarusian: ку́бак сьве́ту (kúbak sʹvjétu) — trophy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 世界盃 /世界杯 (shìjièbēi) — trophy
  • Finnish: MM-pokaali — trophy
  • French: coupe du monde — trophy
  • Galician: copa do mundo — trophy
  • Italian: coppa del mondo — trophy
  • Portuguese: copa do mundo — trophy
  • Romanian: cupă mondială — trophy
  • Russian: ку́бок ми́ра (kúbok míra) — trophy
  • Spanish: copa del mundo — trophy
  • Turkish: dünya kupası — trophy
  • Ukrainian: ку́бок сві́ту (kúbok svítu) — trophy