world cup

See also: World Cup

English

Noun

world cup (plural world cups)

An event or competition where competitors and/or teams from several different countries to establish a world champion.
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

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