teacup

See also: tea-cup and tea cup

English

Alternative forms

• tea-cup
• tea cup

Etymology

tea +‎ cup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː.kʌp/

Noun

teacup ‎(plural teacups)

1. A small cup, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
2. A unit of measure; a teacupful.

Translations

cup for drinking tea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茶碗 (zh) ‎(cháwǎn)

• Dutch: theekopje (nl) n
• Estonian: teetass
• Finnish: teekuppi (fi)
• French: tasse à thé (fr) f
• German: Teetasse (de) f
• Greek: φλιτζάνι τσαγιού n ‎(flitzáni tsagioú)
• Japanese: 茶碗 (ja) ‎(ちゃわん, chawan), 湯呑み, 湯飲み ‎(yunomi)

• Korean: 찻잔 (ko) ‎(chatjan)
• Macedonian: чајна шолја f ‎(čájna šólja), шолја за чај f ‎(šólja za čáj)
• Maori: tīkapu
• Mongolian: цайны аяга ‎(tsajny ajaga)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tekopp m

  Nynorsk: tekopp m

• Polish: filiżanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: xícara (pt) f, chávena (pt) f
• Russian: ча́йная ча́шка f ‎(čájnaja čáška), ча́шка (ru) f ‎(čáška)
• Swedish: tekopp (sv)
• Vietnamese: chén uống trà

Adjective

teacup ‎(not comparable)

1. Of an animal, smaller than average.

See also

• ass over teacups

External links

• teacup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia