Meanings
nounteacup (plural teacups)
plural teacups · alternative tea-cup · alternative tea cup
- A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
"There isn't wind enough to capsize a tea-cup in a gutter," said Rasmus, and shifted his chew of tobacco with a little black chalk pipe, while he looked around him on all sides.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 182
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian чаена чаша
- чаена чаша (čaena čaša)cup for drinking tea
Chinese Cantonese 茶杯
- 茶杯 (caa⁴ bui¹)cup for drinking tea
Chinese Mandarin 茶碗, 茶杯
- 茶碗 (cháwǎn)cup for drinking tea
- 茶杯 (chábēi)cup for drinking tea
Danish tekop
- tekopcup for drinking tea
Dutch theekopje
- theekopjecup for drinking tea
Estonian teetass
- teetasscup for drinking tea
Finnish teekuppi
- teekuppicup for drinking tea
French tasse à thé
- tasse à thécup for drinking tea
German Teetasse
- Teetassecup for drinking tea
Greek φλιτζάνι τσαγιού
- φλιτζάνι τσαγιού (flitzáni tsagioú)cup for drinking tea
Indonesian cawan
- cawancup for drinking tea
Irish cupán tae, taechupán
- cupán taecup for drinking tea
- taechupáncup for drinking tea
Japanese 茶碗, 湯呑み
- 茶碗 (chawan)cup for drinking tea
- 湯呑みcup for drinking tea
- 湯飲み (yunomi)cup for drinking tea
Korean 찻잔
- 찻잔 (chatjan)cup for drinking tea
Malay cawan
- cawancup for drinking tea
Māori tīkapu, kaputī
- tīkapucup for drinking tea
- kaputīcup for drinking tea
Norwegian Bokmål tekopp
- tekoppcup for drinking tea
Polish filiżanka
- filiżankacup for drinking tea
Portuguese xícara, chávena
- xícaracup for drinking tea
- chávenacup for drinking tea
Romanian ceașcă
- ceașcăcup for drinking tea
Russian ча́йная ча́шка, ча́шка
- ча́йная ча́шка (čájnaja čáška)cup for drinking tea
- ча́шка (čáška)cup for drinking tea
Swedish tekopp
- tekoppcup for drinking tea
Turkish çay bardağı, çay fincanı
- çay bardağıcup for drinking tea
- çay fincanıcup for drinking tea
Vietnamese chén uống trà
- chén uống tràcup for drinking tea
Cite this entry
APA
teacup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teacup
MLA
“teacup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teacup. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teacup,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teacup.
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