coffee cup

See also: coffee-cup and coffeecup

English

Alternative forms

• coffee-cup, coffeecup

Empty coffee cups on a chair in front of a restaurant in Singapore

Pronunciation

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Noun

coffee cup (plural coffee cups)

1. A cup, typically a small one, in which coffee can be served.
   • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 144:

     “It’s nothing much, but—well, if you are going, will you tell him——” he dropped his voice to a whisper—“I think I’ve found the extra coffee-cup!”

   • 1995, Gary Barlow, “Back for Good”, in Nobody Else, performed by Take That:

     Got a picture of you beside me / Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup

Translations

cup for coffee

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 㗎啡杯 (gaa³ fe¹ bui¹)

  Mandarin: 咖啡杯 (zh) (kāfēibēi)

• Danish: kaffekop (da) c
• Dutch: koffiekop (nl) m
• Estonian: kohvitass (et)
• Finnish: kahvikuppi (fi)
• French: tasse à café f
• German: Kaffeetasse (de) f
• Hungarian: kávéscsésze (hu)
• Icelandic: kaffibolli (is) m
• Irish: cupán caife m, caifechupán m
• Japanese: コーヒーカップ (ja) (kōhīkappu)
• Korean: 커피잔 (keopijan)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaffekopp (no) m

  Nynorsk: kaffikopp m

• Polish: filiżanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: xícara de café f
• Russian: кофе́йная ча́шка f (koféjnaja čáška)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kaffekopp (sv) c
• Turkish: kahve fincanı (tr)
• Ukrainian: філіжа́нка (uk) f (filižánka)
• Vietnamese: tách cà phê
• Welsh: cwpan coffi m