"Cups and plates are tableware."
Translation:Чашки и тарелки — это посуда.
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Is the это needed in this sentence or is it optional? (I am doing the pick an option exercise so I cannot test it)
This sentence sounds very unnatural without «это».
Стака́н is usually made of glass and has no handle.
Here's an illustration:
Yes, «стакан» is usually translated as 'glass'.
- cup of water = ча́шка воды́,
- cup of tea = ча́шка ча́я / ча́шка ча́ю,
- glass of water = стака́н воды́,
- glass of tea = стака́н ча́я / стака́н ча́ю (to drink this, you'd probably need a glass holder — подстака́нник, otherwise the стакан will get too hot; unless you're drinking cold tea, but it's not popular in Russian-speaking world)
I have never heard the word "tableware", even after 30 years of American and some international English. I am a native speaker. Posuda is "dishes" or even "kitchenware" which is less specific
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@shani.gorm. - I've just seen your interesting comment. Thank you very much indeed. Very helpful!
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tableware [ table + -ware ], similarly to [ Inter + -National ] and [ Kitchen + -ware ] is a compound word.
tableware ‧ table + -ware ‧ 1799 ‧ en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tableware ‧ en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tableware ‧ www.etymonline.com/word/tableware ‧ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:History_of_tableware
‧ Ware Wear Compound words ‧ tableware ‧ silverware ‧ dinnerware ‧ lunchware ‧ flatware ‧ stemware ‧ glassware ‧ cookware ‧ kitchenware ‧ housewares ‧ homeware ‧ bakeware ‧ hardware ‧ crystalware ‧ brassware ‧ pewterware ‧ hollowware ‧ teaware ‧ jasperware ‧ bathware ‧ warehouse ‧ software ‧ firmware ‧ middleware ‧ adware ‧ malware ‧ ransomware ‧ spyware ‧ corningware ‧ tupperware ‧ formalwear ‧ sleepwear ‧ loungewear ‧ casual_wear ‧ sportswear ‧ en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ ‧
‧ Ware ‧ Old English waru ‘commodities’, of Germanic origin, perhaps the same word as Scots ware ‘cautiousness’, and having the primary sense ‘object of care’; related to ware ‧ en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ware ‧
‧ www.tiffany.com.au/accessories/tableware/ ‧
‧ www.wedgwood.co.uk/tableware/ ‧
‧ www.royalcrownderby.co.uk/tableware/ ‧
‧ www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/en/tourists/events/dome/tableware-festival.html ‧
‧ modern tableware industry hallmarks ‧ Bert De Munck ‧ www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00076791.2012.683422 ‧ scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=0A6HrngAAAAJ&hl=en ‧
‧ 1891 Scientific American ‧ books.google.com/books?id=vYQ9AQAAIAAJ ‧
‧ 1890 ‧ Patent ‧ books.google.com/books?id=2CQ2AQAAIAAJ ‧
‧ Treasury ‧ 1903 ‧ books.google.com/books?id=HuhgoBkrNLsC ‧
‧ 1918 ‧ books.google.com/books?id=8HYAAAAAYAAJ ‧
