different between millilitre vs pint

English

Alternative forms

• (US) milliliter

Etymology

milli- +? litre, from French.

Noun

millilitre (plural millilitres)

1. (British spelling) A unit of measure of capacity, being one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: ml

Translations

Anagrams

• milliliter

French

Etymology

From milli- +? litre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.li.lit?/

Noun

millilitre m (plural millilitres)

1. millilitre, milliliter (0.001 litre)

English

Etymology

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 ping? (“paint”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?nt/
• Rhymes: -a?nt

Noun

pint (plural pints)

1. A unit of volume, equivalent to:
   1. one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
      1. (Britain, Commonwealth of Nations) 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint)
      2. (US): one half quart
         1. 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
         2. approximately 18.62 fluid ounces [551 millilitres] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
   2. (Hungary) 1.696 liters
   3. (medicine) 12 fluid ounces
2. (Britain, metonymically) A pint of milk.

3. (Britain, metonymically) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
   • 1998, Kirk Jones, Waking Ned, Tomboy films

     Finn: You must have a terrible thirst on you tonight. I've never seen a man drink two pints at the same time.

Related terms

• half-pint
• imperial pint
• pinta
• pint glass
• pint pot
• pint-size, pint-sized
• US pint
• you can't fit a quart into a pint pot

Translations

See also

• gallon
• litre
• quart

Anagrams

• INTP, nipt

Danish

Verb

pint

1. past participle of pine

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

pint f (plural pinten, diminutive pintje n)

1. (Belgium) A glass of beer (usually 25 cl or 33cl, not an imperial pint).

Synonyms

• pils

Verb

pint

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of pinnen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of pinnen

Anagrams

• nipt

Portuguese

Noun

pint m (plural pints)

1. pint (unit of volume for liquids)

   Synonym: quartilho

Yola

Alternative forms

• peint

Etymology

From Middle English poynte.

Noun

pint

1. point

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN