"teacup" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtiː.kʌp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teacup.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: tea + cup. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tea|cup}} tea + cup Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} teacup (not comparable)
  1. Of an animal, smaller than average. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: ass over teacups
    Sense id: en-teacup-en-adj-uf1KrhgT Categories (other): English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 18 38 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tea-cup, tea cup

Noun

IPA: /ˈtiː.kʌp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teacup.wav [Southern-England] Forms: teacups [plural]
Etymology: tea + cup. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tea|cup}} tea + cup Head templates: {{en-noun}} teacup (plural teacups)
  1. A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set. Categories (topical): Tea Translations (cup for drinking tea): ܦܸܢܓܵܢܵܐ (pingānā) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), філіжанка (filižanka) [feminine] (Belarusian), чаена чаша (čaena čaša) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 茶杯 (caa⁴ bui¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 茶碗 (cháwǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 茶杯 (chábēi) (Chinese Mandarin), чей курки (čej k̬urk̬i) (Chuvash), tekop [common-gender] (Danish), theekopje [neuter] (Dutch), teetass (Estonian), teekuppi (Finnish), tasse à thé [feminine] (French), Teetasse [feminine] (German), φλιτζάνι τσαγιού (flitzáni tsagioú) [neuter] (Greek), cawan (Indonesian), cupán tae [masculine] (Irish), taechupán [masculine] (Irish), 茶碗 (chawan) (alt: ちゃわん) (Japanese), 湯呑み (Japanese), 湯飲み (yunomi) (Japanese), 찻잔 (chatjan) (Korean), чајна шолја (čajna šolja) [feminine] (Macedonian), шолја за чај (šolja za čaj) [feminine] (Macedonian), cawan (Malay), tīkapu (Maori), kaputī (Maori), цайны аяга (cajny ajaga) (Mongolian), tekopp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tekopp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Koppche [neuter] (Pennsylvania German), filiżanka [feminine] (Polish), xícara [feminine] (Portuguese), chávena [feminine] (Portuguese), ceașcă [feminine] (Romanian), ча́йная ча́шка (čájnaja čáška) [feminine] (Russian), ча́шка (čáška) [feminine] (Russian), tekopp (Swedish), ཇ་དཀར (ja dkar) (Tibetan), çay bardağı (Turkish), çay fincanı (Turkish), chén uống trà (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-teacup-en-noun-mukfHvN4 Disambiguation of Tea: 3 78 19 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 18 38 44 Disambiguation of 'cup for drinking tea': 97 3
  2. A unit of measure; a teacupful.
    Sense id: en-teacup-en-noun-q6baXLMS Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 18 38 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 31 65 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 33 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 34 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tea-cup, tea cup Derived forms: storm in a teacup, teacup and saucer, teacup dog, teacupful, teacupless, teacuplike, teacup puppy, tempest in a teacup

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          "roman": "čájnaja čáška",
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          "word": "ཇ་དཀར"
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          "drinking",
          "drinking"
        ],
        [
          "tea",
          "tea"
        ],
        [
          "saucer",
          "saucer"
        ],
        [
          "tea set",
          "tea set"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A unit of measure; a teacupful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ],
        [
          "teacupful",
          "teacupful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiː.kʌp/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teacup.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tea-cup"
    },
    {
      "word": "tea cup"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "pingānā",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܦܸܢܓܵܢܵܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "filižanka",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "філіжанка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čaena čaša",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чаена чаша"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "caa⁴ bui¹",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "茶杯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cháwǎn",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "茶碗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chábēi",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "茶杯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "čej k̬urk̬i",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "чей курки"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tekop"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "theekopje"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "teetass"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "teekuppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tasse à thé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teetasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "flitzáni tsagioú",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φλιτζάνι τσαγιού"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "cawan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cupán tae"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taechupán"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちゃわん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chawan",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "茶碗"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "湯呑み"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yunomi",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "湯飲み"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chatjan",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "찻잔"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čajna šolja",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чајна шолја"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šolja za čaj",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шолја за чај"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "cawan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "tīkapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "kaputī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "cajny ajaga",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "цайны аяга"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tekopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tekopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdc",
      "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Koppche"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filiżanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xícara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chávena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ceașcă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čájnaja čáška",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ча́йная ча́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čáška",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ча́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "tekopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "ja dkar",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "ཇ་དཀར"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "çay bardağı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "çay fincanı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cup for drinking tea",
      "word": "chén uống trà"
    }
  ],
  "word": "teacup"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English endocentric compounds",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      "name": "compound"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "ass over teacups"
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of an animal, smaller than average."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "smaller"
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      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiː.kʌp/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teacup.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "tea-cup"
    },
    {
      "word": "tea cup"
    }
  ],
  "word": "teacup"
}

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