goblet

English

Etymology

From Middle English goblet (= Middle Low German gobelet, kobelet (“goblet”)), from Old French gobellet, diminutive of gobel, from or related to the verb gober (“to ingest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒblət/

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Noun

goblet (plural goblets)

2. A drinking vessel with a foot and stem.

   sup wine from a goblet

   • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 40:

     No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward. No man will ever again drink from this golden goblet!

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 190:

     At first Enkidu gags on the food, but then he grows to like the strong drink and takes seven goblets, until his face glows.

Synonyms

• chalice

Derived terms

• goblet cell
• goblet drum
• gobleted
• gobletful
• gobletlike
• goblet squat
• goblet worm

Translations

drinking vessel with a foot and stem — see also chalice,‎ cup

Albanian: kupë (sq) f Arabic: صُوَاع m (ṣuwāʕ) Armenian: գավաթ (hy) (gavatʻ) Aromanian: cupã f Bengali: সুরাই (bn) (śurai) Bulgarian: бокал m (bokal), чаша със столче f (čaša sǎs stolče) Catalan: calze (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 高脚杯 (zh) (gāojiǎobēi) Danish: bæger n Esperanto: pokalo (eo) Finnish: pikari (fi) French: gobelet (fr) m Galician: cálice m, copa f, gobelete (gl) m Georgian: თასი (ka) (tasi) German: Kelch (de) m, Pokal (de) m Greek: Ancient: δέπᾰς n (dépăs), κύπελλον n (kúpellon) Hebrew: גָּבִיעַ (he) m (gavía') Hungarian: serleg (hu) Icelandic: bikar (is) m Ido: gobleto (io) Ingrian: pikari Irish: cuach m Italian: coppa (it) f, calice (it) m Latin: cibōrium n, hama f (Mediaeval) Macedonian: пехар m (pehar) Ottoman Turkish: آیاغ (ayag) Polish: kielich (pl) m, puchar (pl) m Portuguese: cálice (pt) Romanian: cupă (ro) f Russian: ку́бок (ru) m (kúbok), бока́л (ru) m (bokál) Scottish Gaelic: cuach f Spanish: copa (es) f, copón (es) m (large), velicomen m (large) Swedish: bägare (sv) c Turkish: kadeh (tr) Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎁𐎓𐎚 (qbʿt) Walloon: cope (wa) f Yiddish: כּוס m (kos), בעכער m (bekher)

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