Meanings
plural goblets
- A drinking vessel with a foot and stem.
sup wine from a goblet
2 more examples
No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward. No man will ever again drink from this golden goblet!
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 40At first Enkidu gags on the food, but then he grows to like the strong drink and takes seven goblets, until his face glows.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 190Synonyms: chalice
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA drinking vessel with a foot and stem.
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Origin
- Old Frenchgobellet
- Middle Englishgoblet
- Englishgoblet
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek δέπᾰς, κύπελλον
- δέπᾰς (dépăs)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
- κύπελλον (kúpellon)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Arabic صُوَاع
- صُوَاع (ṣuwāʕ)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Bengali সুরাই
- সুরাই (śurai)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Bulgarian бокал, чаша със столче
- бокал (bokal)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
- чаша със столче (čaša săs stolče)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Catalan calze
- calzedrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Chinese Mandarin 高脚杯
- 高脚杯 (gāojiǎobēi)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Danish bæger
- bægerdrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Esperanto pokalo
- pokalodrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Finnish pikari
- pikaridrinking vessel with a foot and stem
French gobelet
- gobeletdrinking vessel with a foot and stem
German Kelch, Pokal
- Kelchdrinking vessel with a foot and stem
- Pokaldrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Hebrew גָּבִיעַ
- גָּבִיעַ (gavía')drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Hungarian serleg
- serlegdrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Icelandic bikar
- bikardrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Irish cuach
- cuachdrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Italian coppa, calice
- coppadrinking vessel with a foot and stem
- calicedrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Latin cibōrium, hama
- cibōriumdrinking vessel with a foot and stem
- hamadrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Polish kielich, puchar
- kielichdrinking vessel with a foot and stem
- puchardrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Portuguese cálice
- cálicedrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Romanian cupă
- cupădrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Russian ку́бок, бока́л
- ку́бок (kúbok)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
- бока́л (bokál)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
Scottish Gaelic cuach
- cuachdrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Spanish copa, copón
- copadrinking vessel with a foot and stem
- copóndrinking vessel with a foot and stem
- velicomendrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Swedish bägare
- bägaredrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Turkish kadeh
- kadehdrinking vessel with a foot and stem
Yiddish כּוס, בעכער
- כּוס (kos)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
- בעכער (bekher)drinking vessel with a foot and stem
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Cite this entry
goblet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goblet
“goblet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goblet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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