コップ

こっぷ
noun
glass, cup
1. glass, cup (drinking vessel)
A drinking vessel, typically made of glass but can also be plastic. Used for water, juice, and other cold beverages.
Please put water in the glass.
The glass broke.
I bought a new glass.
I washed the glass and put it on the table.

コップ is a drinking glass, typically without a handle.

ETYMOLOGY:
Borrowed from Dutch 'kop' (cup), not English. Usually written in katakana.

CONTRAST WITH カップ:

  • コップ: handleless drinking glass (for water, juice, etc.)
  • カップ: cup with handle (coffee cup, tea cup)
  • グラス: wine glass, elegant glassware

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • コップに(みず)()れる: to pour water into a glass
  • コップで()む: to drink from a glass
  • コップ一杯(いっぱい): one glass (of something)
  • コップが()れる: the glass breaks

COMPOUNDS:

  • (かみ)コップ: paper cup
  • プラスチックコップ: plastic cup