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Synonyms for cup

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhp
Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒp

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Définition of cup

Origin :
  • Old English cuppe, from Late Latin cuppa "cup" (source of Italian coppa, Spanish copa, Old French coupe "cup"), from Latin cupa "tub, cask, tun, barrel," from PIE *keup- "a hollow" (cf. Sanskrit kupah "hollow, pit, cave," Greek kype "a kind of ship," Old Church Slavonic kupu, Lithuanian kaupas).
  • The Late Latin word was borrowed throughout Germanic; cf. Old Frisian kopp "cup, head," Middle Low German kopp "cup," Middle Dutch coppe, Dutch kopje "cup, head." German cognate Kopf now means exclusively "head" (cf. French tête, from Latin testa "potsherd"). Meaning "part of a bra that holds a breast" is from 1938. [One's] cup of tea "what interests one" (1932), earlier used of persons (1908), the sense being "what is invigorating."
  • noun container for drinking
Example sentences :
  • "Another cup of coffee, Mrs. Davis," he said, passing his cup across the table.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • His name was Cup and he too had inherited his land from a hundred other Cups who had gone before.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • He raised his cup to his lips, took a sip, and set it down again.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Our destiny offers, not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Her mother had brought her a piece of seed-cake and a cup of milk with the cream on it.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • While she was drinking her second cup of tea her eyes kept roving.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She came in at three o'clock, and Katie gave her a cup of tea.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Sidney ran to the front door and called: "Will you come in for a cup of tea?"
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • So she found him in the hall, holding a cup of tepid coffee.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • She took it obediently, but over the cup her eyes searched his.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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