different between minter vs pinter

English

Etymology

From Middle English mynter, from Old English mynetere, from Proto-West Germanic *munit?r?, from Latin mon?t?rius; equivalent to mint +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?nt?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?nt?/, [?m????]
• Rhymes: -?nt?(r)

Noun

minter (plural minters)

1. One who mints
2. (Britain, slang) An item in mint condition (especially a motor car)

Anagrams

• remint

English

Etymology

pint +? -er

Noun

pinter (plural pinters)

1. (in combinations, Britain, slang) The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
2. (in combinations, Britain, slang) A container that holds a certain number of pints.
   • 2006, Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red (page 262)

     “Anyway, I'd best get a shuffle on. Got to pick some milk up, you see.” “I've just been too.” Sure enough he showed the hedgehog a four-pinter.

3. (in combinations, Britain, slang) Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.

   She's so ugly, an eight-pinter, I'd say.

Anagrams

• Petrin, Pitner, e-print, nipter, pre-tin, pretin, pterin, reptin, terpin

French

Etymology

pinte +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.te/

Verb

pinter

1. (informal) To get drunk

Conjugation

Further reading

• “pinter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).