コップ

• 読み: コップ
• ローマ字: koppu
• 発音: /kop.pɯ/

意味

Glass; drinking glass; tumbler. A vessel used for drinking water, juice, and other beverages.

A loanword from Dutch 'kop' (cup), adopted during Japan's Edo period trade with the Netherlands. In Japanese, コップ specifically refers to a glass or tumbler, distinct from カップ (kappu, cup with a handle). It is always written in katakana.

例文

1. コップに水を入れてください。
2. コップを二つ持ってきてください。
3. ガラスのコップが割れました。

使い方ガイド

場面: home, kitchen, restaurants

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Borrowed from Dutch 'kop' (cup) during the Edo period, when Japan traded exclusively with the Netherlands among Western nations. The meaning shifted to refer specifically to handleless drinking glasses.

文化的背景

時代: Edo period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal