cupful

English

Etymology

From Middle English copful, copfull, cupfulle, cuppefulle, equivalent to cup +‎ -ful. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kopful (“cupful”), West Frisian kopfol (“cupful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌp̪fl̩/

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Noun

cupful (plural cupfuls or cupsful)

1. The amount necessary to fill a cup.

   Add a cupful of milk to the sauce.

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     But as things were it was manageable enough, and we did not ship a cupful of water.

2. A half pint, i.e. eight ounces

Related terms

• breakfastcupful
• coffeecupful
• eggcupful
• teacupful

Translations

the amount necessary to fill a cup

• Armenian: գավաթ (hy) (gavatʻ)
• Asturian: cacíu (ast) m
• Basque: kikarakada
• Bulgarian: ча́ша (bg) f (čáša)
• Finnish: kupillinen (fi)
• French: tasse (fr) f
• Hungarian: csészényi (hu)
• Irish: lán cupáin m
• Macedonian: ча́ша f (čáša), шо́лја f (šólja)
• Norman: coupaïe f (Guernsey), tâssée f (Jersey)
• Portuguese: xícara (pt) f
• Russian: ча́шка (ru) f (čáška)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ча̏ша f

  Latin: čȁša (sh) f

• Welsh: cwpanaid m, dysglaid m (South Wales, colloquial)

a half pint — see half-pint

References

• “cupful” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.