Meanings
nounmeasuring cup (plural measuring cups)
plural measuring cups
- A kitchen utensil used primarily to measure the volume of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients.
Translations
Arabic كُوب قِيَاس
- كُوب قِيَاس (kūb qiyās)utensil to measure the volume
Bulgarian мерителна чаша
- мерителна чаша (meritelna čaša)utensil to measure the volume
Chinese Cantonese 量杯
- 量杯 (loeng⁴ bui¹)utensil to measure the volume
Chinese Mandarin 量杯
- 量杯 (liángbēi)utensil to measure the volume
Czech odměrka, odměrná nádoba
- odměrkautensil to measure the volume
- odměrná nádobautensil to measure the volume
Dutch maatbeker
- maatbekerutensil to measure the volume
Esperanto mezurpokalo
- mezurpokaloutensil to measure the volume
Estonian mõõtekann
- mõõtekannutensil to measure the volume
Finnish mittakannu
- mittakannuutensil to measure the volume
French verre doseur
- verre doseurutensil to measure the volume
German Messbecher, Hohlmaß
- Messbecherutensil to measure the volume
- Hohlmaßutensil to measure the volume
Hebrew מְשׂוּרָה
- מְשׂוּרָה (mesurá)utensil to measure the volume
Hungarian mérőpohár
- mérőpohárutensil to measure the volume
Italian misurino
- misurinoutensil to measure the volume
Japanese 計量カップ, メジャーカップ
- 計量カップ (keiryō kappu)utensil to measure the volume
- メジャーカップ (mejā kappu)utensil to measure the volume
Korean 계량컵
- 계량컵 (gyeryangkeop)utensil to measure the volume
Persian پیمانه
- پیمانه (peymâne)utensil to measure the volume
Polish miarka
- miarkautensil to measure the volume
Russian ме́рный стака́н
- ме́рный стака́н (mérnyj stakán)utensil to measure the volume
Spanish vaso medidor, vasomedida
- vaso medidorutensil to measure the volume
- vasomedidautensil to measure the volume
- jarra medidorautensil to measure the volume
- taza dosificadorautensil to measure the volume
- medidorutensil to measure the volume
- medidorautensil to measure the volume
Swedish mätkopp, måttkopp
- mätkopputensil to measure the volume
- måttkopputensil to measure the volume
Thai ถ้วยตวง
- ถ้วยตวง (tûai-dtuuang)utensil to measure the volume
Turkish dereceli kap
- dereceli kaputensil to measure the volume
Cite this entry
APA
measuring cup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measuring%20cup
MLA
“measuring cup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measuring%20cup. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “measuring cup,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measuring%20cup.
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