カップ

Meaning in English

cup

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What it means

カップ refers to a cup or small drinking vessel; it is also used for sports trophies named as cups, and to indicate bra cup sizes.

Main meanings

drinking vessel or container for beverages
trophy or prize in sports, especially in events named cups like the World Cup
bra cup size indicator (e.g., Cカップ)
measuring vessel used in cooking and recipes

How to use it

Used as a noun in both casual and formal contexts: to refer to a drinking cup; in sports journalism as a trophy, as in World Cup; to indicate bra sizes in fashion contexts using expressions like Cカップ; and in cooking for measuring cups.

Variants and close terms

コップ (koppu) — general drinking cup
グラス (gurasu) — glass, a vessel without a handle
マグ (magu) — mug, larger with a handle
ワールドカップ (Wārudo kappu) — World Cup, a major international cup tournament

Etymology

From English cup, borrowed into Japanese as カップ (kappu). The rendering uses a double consonant to simulate the English final consonant and a long vowel, a common pattern in loanword adaptation.

Word class

Noun (gairaigo)