pohár

Etymology

Borrowing from Hungarian pohár via Slovak, originating from Late Latin bicarium (“cup”),^[1] possibly from Ancient Greek βίκος (bíkos). Cognate with German Becher.^[2]

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɦaːr/

Noun

pohár m

1. cup (trophy)
2. cup (contest)

References

Further reading

• pohár in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pohár in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

From Old High German pehhari (“cup”), from Late Latin bicarium (“cup”), possibly from bacarium, or from Ancient Greek βίκος (bíkos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɦaːr]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: po‧hár

Noun

pohár (plural poharak)

1. glass (a drinking vessel)

Etymology

From Hungarian pohár, from Old High German pehhari, from Late Latin bicarium, possibly from bacarium, or from Ancient Greek βίκος (bíkos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɦaːr/

Noun

pohár m (genitive singular pohára, nominative plural poháre, genitive plural pohárov, declension pattern of stroj)

1. glass (a drinking vessel)
2. (sports) cup

Further reading

• pohár in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk