world cup

See also: World Cup

English

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Noun

world cup (plural world cups)

1. An event or competition where competitors and/or teams from several different countries to establish a world champion.
2. The trophy awarded to the winner of such an event.

Usage notes

• When referring to a specific world cup, it is usually capitalized as a proper noun, World Cup.

Translations

event; competition

• Afrikaans: wêreldbeker
• Burmese: ကမ္ဘာဖလား (kambhahpa.la:), ကမ္ဘာ့ဖလား (kambha.hpa.la:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界盃／世界杯 (zh) (shìjièbēi)

• Danish: verdensmesterskab n VM (da), vm
• Esperanto: mondpokalo
• Finnish: maailmanmestaruuskilpailut pl, MM-kisat pl
• French: coupe du monde (fr) f
• German: Weltmeisterschaft (de) f, WM (de) f
• Hebrew: מונדיאל (he) m (mondiál), גְּבִיעַ הָעוֹלָם (he) m (gvía' ha'olám)
• Irish: Corn an Domhain m, Corn Domhanda m
• Italian: campionato mondiale f
• Japanese: ワールドカップ (ja) (wārudokappu), W杯 (ja)
• Korean: 월드컵 (ko) (woldeukeop)
• Maltese: Tazza tad-Dinja
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verdenscup m, verdensmesterskap

• Persian: جام جهانی (fa)
• Portuguese: mundial (pt), campeonato mundial, copa do mundo (Brazil)
• Romanian: cupă mondială f
• Russian: ку́бок ми́ра m (kúbok míra)
• Spanish: mundial (es) m
• Swahili: kombe la dunia (sw)
• Swedish: världsmästerskap (sv) n, VM (sv) n
• Turkish: dünya kupası

trophy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界盃／世界杯 (zh) (shìjièbēi)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: MM-pokaali
• French: coupe du monde (fr)
• Galician: copa do mundo
• Italian: coppa del mondo f
• Portuguese: copa do mundo (Brazil)
• Russian: ку́бок ми́ра m (kúbok míra)
• Spanish: copa del mundo f
• Turkish: dünya kupası