different between cup vs medal

English

Etymology

From Middle English cuppe, coppe, from Old English cuppe (“cup”), from Late Latin cuppa, probably a form of Latin c?pa (“tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman cupe, from the same Latin source. Compare Saterland Frisian Kop (“cup”), West Frisian kop, Dutch kop (“cup”), German Low German Koppke, Köppke (“cup”), German Kopf (“head; top”), Danish kop, Swedish kopp. Doublet of coupe and keeve.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?p, IPA^(key): /k?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

cup (plural cups)

1. A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

   Coordinate terms: mug, pannikin

2. The contents of said vessel.

   Synonym: cupful

3. A customary unit of measure
   1. (US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹?₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
   2. (Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹?₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
   3. (Britain, dated) A British unit of measure equal to ¹?₂ imperial pints (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.
4. A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

5. A contest for which a cup is awarded.

6. (soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
   • 2002, Rob Dimery, Peter Watts, Guinness world records, Gullane Children's Books ?ISBN

     Until it was disbanded in 1999, the European Cup-Winners Cup was contested annually by the winners of Europe's national cups.

   • 2011, Michael Grant, Rob Robertson, The Management: Scotland's Great Football Bosses, Birlinn ?ISBN

     Wallace had the unique distinction of being the only player ever to play in the English, Welsh and Scottish Cups in the same season.

   • 2014, Martí Perarnau, Pep Confidential: Inside Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich, Birlinn ?ISBN

     One week earlier, they had lost 5-2 to Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal [the German cup] final in Berlin.

7. (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

8. (in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.

9. (US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.

   Synonym: (UK) box

10. One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
    1. Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
       • 2010, Tom Clancy, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Books 1-6, page 1149:

         "For cleavage to show up in these photos, a girl has to have C-cup breasts — at least that's what they told me once."

11. (mathematics) The symbol ${\displaystyle \cup }$ denoting union and similar operations.

    Coordinate term: cap

12. (tarot) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
13. (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
14. A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.

    Synonym: suction cup

15. Anything shaped like a cup.
    • 1745, William Shenstone, Elegy VIII

      The cowslip's golden cup no more I see.

16. (medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
17. (figuratively) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Farefare: k?p?
• ? Hebrew: ???? (kap)
• ? Japanese: ??? (kappu)
• ? Korean: ? (keop)
• ? Maori: kapu

Translations

Verb

cup (third-person singular simple present cups, present participle cupping, simple past and past participle cupped)

1. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

2. (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.

3. (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.

4. (transitive, obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.
5. (transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
6. (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.

Translations

Further reading

• cup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CPU, P.U.C., PUC, Pcu, UPC

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *t?upa, from Proto-Indo-European *?uh?-po- (compare Sanskrit ??? (?ópha, “swelling”)), from *?uh?- (“to swell up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsup/

Adjective

cup m (feminine cupe)

1. odd (not even)

Synonyms

• tek

Etymology 2

Gheg variant of sup.

Noun

cup m (indefinite plural cupe, definite singular cupi, definite plural cupet)

1. shoulder

Declension

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin c?pus, a variant of c?pa (“tub, cask, tun, vat”).

Noun

cup m (plural cups)

1. winepress
2. cellar

Derived terms

• cubada
• cubell

Further reading

• “cup” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput. Compare Italian capo, Romanian cap, Spanish cabo.

Noun

cup m

1. head

Finnish

Etymology

From English cup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?p/, [?k?p]
• Syllabification: cup

Noun

cup

1. cup (contest)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cup (“trophy”)

Noun

cup m (definite singular cupen, indefinite plural cuper, definite plural cupene)

1. (sports) cup (trophy; the competition culminating in the winning of the trophy)

Derived terms

• cupfinale
• verdenscup

Related terms

• pokal

References

• “cup” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cup (“trophy”)

Noun

cup m (definite singular cupen, indefinite plural cupar, definite plural cupane)

1. (sports) cup (as above)

Derived terms

• cupfinale

Related terms

• pokal

References

• “cup” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?p/, /kap/
• Rhymes: -?p, -ap

Noun

cup c

1. (sports) cup

Declension

References

• cup in Svensk ordbok (SO)

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Vulgar Latin *med?lia, dissimilated form of the unattested *medi?lia, neuter plural (taken for a feminine singular) of the adjective *medi?lis (“of the middle”), from Late Latin medi?le (“middle”), from Latin medius.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?d?-?l, IPA^(key): /?m?d?l/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [?m?d.??]
    • Homophone: meddle
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?m??.??]
    • Homophones: meddle, metal, mettle
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [?me?.??]
    • Homophones: meddle, metal, mettle
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

medal (plural medals)

1. A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
   • , II.i.3:

     Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?

2. A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (medaru)
• ? Korean: ?? (medal)

Translations

Verb

medal (third-person singular simple present medals, present participle medaling or medalling, simple past and past participle medaled or medalled)

1. (intransitive, sports, colloquial) To win a medal.
2. (transitive) To award a medal to.

Anagrams

• Delma, damel, delam, lamed

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From French médaille, from Italian medaglia.

Noun

medal (definite accusative medal?, plural medallar)

1. medal

Declension

Derived terms

• medalç?

Further reading

• “medal” in Obastan.com.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

medal

1. medal.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

medal (genitive medali, partitive medalit)

1. medal

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• hõbemedal
• kuldmedal
• pronksmedal

Further reading

• medal in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Polish

Etymology

From French médaille, from Italian medaglia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.dal/

Noun

medal m inan (diminutive medalik)

1. medal (stamped metal disc)

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) medalista, medalistka, medalier
• (adjective) medalowy

Related terms

• (nouns) medalierstwo, medaliernia, medaliera
• (adjective) medalierski

Further reading

• medal in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• medal in Polish dictionaries at PWN