different between pinter vs tinter

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).

English

Etymology

tint +? -er

Noun

tinter (plural tinters)

1. One who tints.
2. A special slide used with a magic lantern to produce effects such as moonlight.

Anagrams

• nitter, retint, ritten

Catalan

Etymology

tinta +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /tin?te/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tin?te?/

Noun

tinter m (plural tinters)

1. inkwell

Further reading

• “tinter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tinter” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tinter” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tinter” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tinnit?, frequentative of Latin tinni?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.te/
• Homophones: teinté, teintée, teintées, teinter, teintés, tintez, tinté, tintée, tintées, tintés, tintez

Verb

tinter

1. (transitive, intransitive) to chime; to jingle
2. (intransitive, of ears) to ring

Conjugation

Further reading

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