goblet

English

A ceramic goblet from Navdatoli, Malwa, 1300 B.C.

Etymology

From Middle English goblet (= Middle Low German gobelet, kobelet (“goblet”)), from Old French gobellet, diminutive of gobel, from or related to the verb gober (“to ingest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒblət/

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Noun

goblet (plural goblets)

1. A drinking vessel with a foot and stem.

   sup wine from a goblet

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 190:

     At first Enkidu gags on the food, but then he grows to like the strong drink and takes seven goblets, until his face glows.

Synonyms

• chalice

Derived terms

• goblet cell
• goblet drum
• goblet squat

 

Translations

drinking vessel with a foot and stem

• Albanian: kupë (sq) f
• Armenian: գավաթ (hy) (gavatʻ)
• Aromanian: cupã f
• Bengali: সুরাই (bn) (śurai)
• Bulgarian: бокал m (bokal), чаша със столче f (čaša sǎs stolče)
• Catalan: calze (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高脚杯 (zh) (gāojiǎobēi)

• Esperanto: pokalo (eo)
• Finnish: pikari
• French: gobelet (fr) m
• Galician: cálice m, copa f, gobelete (gl) m
• Georgian: თასი (ka) (tasi)
• German: Kelch (de) m, Pokal (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: δέπᾰς n (dépas), κύπελλον n (kúpellon)

• Hebrew: גָּבִיעַ (he) m (gavía')
• Hungarian: serleg (hu)
• Icelandic: bikar (is) m
• Ido: gobleto (io)
• Ingrian: pikari
• Irish: cuach m
• Italian: coppa (it) f, calice (it) m
• Latin: cibōrium n, hama f (Mediaeval)
• Macedonian: пехар m (pehar)
• Ottoman Turkish: آیاغ (ayag)
• Polish: kielich (pl) m, puchar (pl) m
• Portuguese: cálice (pt)
• Romanian: cupă (ro) f
• Russian: ку́бок (ru) m (kúbok), бока́л (ru) m (bokál)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuach f
• Spanish: copa (es) f, cáliz (es) m
• Swedish: bägare (sv) c
• Turkish: kadeh (tr)
• Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎁𐎓𐎚 (qbʿt)
• Walloon: cope (wa) f
• Yiddish: כּוס m (kos), בעכער m (bekher)

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