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pint
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)
- A unit of volume, equivalent to:
- one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
- (Britain, Commonwealth of Nations) 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint)
- (US): one half quart
- 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
- approximately 18.62 fluid ounces [551 millilitres] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
- (Hungary) 1.696 liters
- (medicine) 12 fluid ounces
- one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
- (Britain, metonymically) A pint of milk.
- (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.
- 1998, Kirk Jones, Waking Ned, Tomboy films
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
- past participle of pine
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
pint f (plural pinten, diminutive pintje n)
- (Belgium) A glass of beer (usually 25 cl or 33cl, not an imperial pint).
Synonyms
- pils
Verb
pint
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of pinnen
- (archaic) plural imperative of pinnen
Anagrams
- nipt
Portuguese
Noun
pint m (plural pints)
- pint (unit of volume for liquids)
- Synonym: quartilho
Yola
Alternative forms
- peint
Etymology
From Middle English poynte.
Noun
pint
- 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
pint From the web:
- = 473.176473 milliliters
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pintman
English
Etymology
pint +? -man
Noun
pintman (plural pintmen)
- (Ireland, informal) A man who habitually drinks pints of beer, or is revered for his way of drinking them.
pintman From the web:
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