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

• Bulgarian: чашка f (čaška)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 茶杯 (caa⁴ bui¹)

  Mandarin: 茶碗 (zh) (cháwǎn), 茶杯 (zh) (chábēi)

• Chuvash: чей курки (čej k̬urk̬i)
• Danish: tekop c
• 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)
• Indonesian: cawan (id)
• Irish: cupán tae m, taechupán m
• Japanese: 茶碗 (ja) (ちゃわん, chawan), 湯呑み, 湯飲み (yunomi)
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• Korean: 찻잔 (ko) (chatjan)
• Macedonian: чајна шолја f (čajna šolja), шолја за чај f (šolja za čaj)
• Malay: cawan
• Maori: tīkapu, kaputī
• Mongolian: цайны аяга (cajny ajaga)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tekopp m

  Nynorsk: tekopp m

• Pennsylvania German: Koppche n
• Polish: filiżanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: xícara (pt) f, chávena (pt) f
• Russian: ча́йная ча́шка f (čájnaja čáška), ча́шка (ru) f (čáška)
• Swedish: tekopp (sv)
• Tibetan: ཇ་དཀར (ja dkar)
• Vietnamese: chén uống trà

Adjective

teacup (not comparable)

1. Of an animal, smaller than average.

See also

• ass over teacups

Further reading

• teacup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia