pint
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pint¹
- /paɪnt/
Rhymes with -aɪnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb). Doublet of pinto and Pinto.
noun pints
- 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint). The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.
- 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
- approximately 33.6 cubic inches [550.6 cubic centimeters] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
- 1.696 liters.
- 12 fluid ounces. The prices of the second class are given by the ounce; thus […] for a pint, of 12 ounces;
- A pint of milk. Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.
- A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint. A couple of pints please, barman.
Pint²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dutch Pint, a metonymic occupational surname for an official who controlled measures.
proper noun Pints
- A surname from Dutch.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dry pint, keg, ale, brew, bottle, lager, jar, pot, beer, drink, stoup, glass, drop, blow, stowp, gout
Translations
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noun unit of volume for liquids
| Español | pinta |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | パイント painto |
| 中文 | 品脫 /品脱 pǐntuō |
| Kiswahili | painti |
| Português | quartilho, pint |
| Français | chopine |
| Deutsch | Pint |
| Italiano | pinta |
| Ελληνικά | χοεύς choéfs, πίντα pínta, όγδοο του γαλονιού ógdoo tou galonioú |
| Русский | пи́нта pínta |
noun pint of milk
| Français | chopine de lait |
|---|---|
| Italiano | pinta di latte |
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