teacup

See also: tea-cup and tea cup

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

tea +‎ cup.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiː.kʌp/

Noun

teacup (plural teacups)

A small cup, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
A unit of measure; a teacupful.

Translations

cup for drinking tea

Bulgarian: чашка f (čaška)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 茶杯 (caa⁴ bui¹)

Mandarin: 茶碗 (zh) (cháwǎn), 茶杯 (zh) (chábēi)
Chuvash: чей курки (čej kurki)
Danish: tekop c
Dutch: theekopje (nl) n
Estonian: teetass
Finnish: teekuppi (fi)
French: tasse à thé (fr) f
German: Teetasse (de) f
Greek: φλιτζάνι τσαγιού n (flitzáni tsagioú)
Irish: cupán tae m
Japanese: 茶碗 (ja) (ちゃわん, chawan), 湯呑み, 湯飲み (yunomi)

Korean: 찻잔 (ko) (chatjan)
Macedonian: чајна шолја f (čájna šólja), шолја за чај f (šólja za čáj)
Maori: tīkapu
Mongolian: цайны аяга (tsajny ajaga)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tekopp m

Nynorsk: tekopp m
Pennsylvania German: Koppche n
Polish: filiżanka (pl) f
Portuguese: xícara (pt) f, chávena (pt) f
Russian: ча́йная ча́шка f (čájnaja čáška), ча́шка (ru) f (čáška)
Swedish: tekopp (sv)
Tibetan: ཇ་དཀར (ja dkar)
Vietnamese: chén uống trà

Adjective

teacup (not comparable)

Of an animal, smaller than average.

See also

ass over teacups

Further reading

teacup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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