Meanings
nouncoffee cup (plural coffee cups)
plural coffee cups · alternative coffee-cup · alternative coffeecup
- A cup, typically a small one, in which coffee can be served.
Got a picture of you beside me / Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
1995, Gary Barlow, “Back for Good”, in Nobody Else, performed by Take That1 more example
“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!”
1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 144
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 㗎啡杯
- 㗎啡杯 (gaa³ fe¹ bui¹)cup for coffee
Chinese Mandarin 咖啡杯
- 咖啡杯 (kāfēibēi)cup for coffee
Danish kaffekop
- kaffekopcup for coffee
Dutch koffiekop
- koffiekopcup for coffee
Estonian kohvitass
- kohvitasscup for coffee
Finnish kahvikuppi
- kahvikuppicup for coffee
French tasse à café
- tasse à cafécup for coffee
German Kaffeetasse
- Kaffeetassecup for coffee
Hungarian kávéscsésze
- kávéscsészecup for coffee
Icelandic kaffibolli
- kaffibollicup for coffee
Irish cupán caife, caifechupán
- cupán caifecup for coffee
- caifechupáncup for coffee
Japanese コーヒーカップ
- コーヒーカップ (kōhīkappu)cup for coffee
Korean 커피잔
- 커피잔 (keopijan)cup for coffee
Norwegian Bokmål kaffekopp
- kaffekoppcup for coffee
Polish filiżanka
- filiżankacup for coffee
Portuguese xícara de café
- xícara de cafécup for coffee
Russian кофе́йная ча́шка
- кофе́йная ча́шка (koféjnaja čáška)cup for coffee
Swedish kaffekopp
- kaffekoppcup for coffee
Turkish kahve fincanı
- kahve fincanıcup for coffee
Ukrainian філіжа́нка
- філіжа́нка (filižánka)cup for coffee
Vietnamese tách cà phê
- tách cà phêcup for coffee
Welsh cwpan coffi
- cwpan cofficup for coffee
Cite this entry
APA
coffee cup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20cup
MLA
“coffee cup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20cup. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coffee cup,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffee%20cup.
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