pohár

Borrowing from Hungarian pohár via Slovak, originating from Late Latin bicarium (“cup”),^[1] possibly from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos). Cognate with German Becher.^[2]

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• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɦaːr]

pohár m inan

1. cup (trophy)
2. cup (contest)

• “pohár”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pohár”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Old High German pehhari (“cup”), from Late Latin bicarium (“cup”), possibly from bacarium, or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɦaːr]

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• Rhymes: -aːr
• Hyphenation: po‧hár

pohár (plural poharak)

1. glass (a drinking vessel)

• → Polish: puchar
• → Romanian: pahar
• → Slovak: pohár
  • → Czech: pohár

• pohár in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Derived from Hungarian pohár, from Old High German pehhari, from Late Latin bicarium, possibly from bacarium, or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔɦaːr]

pohár m inan (relational adjective pohárový, diminutive pohárik or pohárček or (rare) poháriček)

1. glass (a drinking vessel)
2. (sports) cup

• → Czech: pohár

• “pohár”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025