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pint en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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 pingō (“paint”, verb). Doublet of pinto and Pinto.

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, UK) A unit of volume, equivalent to: ▸ one eighth of a gallon, specifically: ▸ 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. 2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019:
  2. (US) A unit of volume, equivalent to: ▸ one eighth of a gallon, specifically: ▸ one half quart. ▸ 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
  3. (US) A unit of volume, equivalent to: ▸ one eighth of a gallon, specifically: ▸ one half quart. ▸ approximately 33.6 cubic inches [550.6 cubic centimeters] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
  4. (qualifier:Hungary) A unit of volume, equivalent to: ▸ 1.696 liters.
  5. (qualifier:formerly medicine; now chiefly some US bars and ice cream sellers; formerly medicine; now chiefly some US bars and ice cream sellers) A unit of volume, equivalent to: ▸ 12 fluid ounces.
    • The prices of the second class are given by the ounce; thus […] for a pint, of 12 ounces; 1822, The Monthly Gazette of Health, page 832:
    • As a good illustration, this work shows that it is possible to fill 12-ounce pints for carry-out trade. This leads the ice cream manufacturers to feel that a large part of the trouble encountered comes from merchandising. 1928, Ice Cream Trade Journal, page 58:
    • […] a 12-ounce pint of laudanum every five days, or about 1,000 drops a day. The story of Coleridge's opium addiction is further confused by his habit of referring to laudanum as a stimulant. 1968, Alethea Hayter, Opium and the Romantic Imagination, Univ of California Press, page 194:
    • ... 12 - ounce pints of beer or ale may be substituted . Visitors under 16 cannot legally bring in tobacco . The liquor allowance does not apply to minors below the age limit prevailing in the province you are entering . Apart from these[…] 1973, Ted Kosoy, A Guide for Travellers in Canada:
    • Forget quarts and 12-ounce "pints". Given the amounts of Pepsi and 7-up , 3.2 beer and California wine, tequila and sour mash we consume, it won't be long before we learn our capacities in this new language. 1975, American Metric Journal, numbers 3-4, page 36:
    • 4 medium scoops coffee ice cream (about 1 pint/12 ounces/340 grams), softened until just melty at the edges 2012 June 25, Adam Ried, Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes: 100 Thick and Creamy Shakes You Can Make At Home: 100 Classic and Contemporary Recipes, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:
  6. (UK, metonymically) A pint of milk.
    • Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.
  7. (UK, metonymically) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
    • A couple of pints please, barman.
    • 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:

Forms

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pints Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

dirty pint · hot pint · Scots pint · imperial pint · pint glass · pint-sized · pintless · cuckoopint · half-pint · pinter · US pint · pint-size · pintman · pinta · pint pot · Philadelphia pint · Scottish pint · full pint · you can't fit a quart into a pint pot · suck-pint

Relateds

litre · quart · gallon

Translations (52)

pl półkwarta (unit of volume for liquids) · gl pinta (unit of volume for liquids) · el χοεύς (unit of volume for liquids) · nrf pînte (unit of volume for liquids) · mi paina (unit of volume for liquids) · fi pintti (unit of volume for liquids) · la octāvius (unit of volume for liquids) · fi halstuoppi (unit of volume for liquids) · gd pinnt (unit of volume for liquids) · cs pinta (pint of beer) · ru пи́нта (pint of beer) · pt pint (unit of volume for liquids) · ga pionta (unit of volume for liquids) · pl pinta (unit of volume for liquids) · el πίντα (unit of volume for liquids) · cs půllitr (pint of beer) · la sextārius (unit of volume for liquids) · ja パイント (unit of volume for liquids) · fi puoli tuoppia (unit of volume for liquids) · cy peint (unit of volume for liquids) · fi tuoppi (pint of beer) · fi oluttuoppi (pint of beer) · pt quartilho (unit of volume for liquids) · fr chopine de lait (pint of milk) · sw painti (unit of volume for liquids) · ga pionta (pint of beer) · mk пи́нта (unit of volume for liquids) · fr pinte (pint of beer) · ru кру́жка (pint of beer) · sv pint (unit of volume for liquids) · grc ξέστης (unit of volume for liquids) · es pinta (unit of volume for liquids) · fr chopine (unit of volume for liquids) · fi pintti (pint of milk) · tl pitis (unit of volume for liquids) · de Pint (unit of volume for liquids) · cs pinta (unit of volume for liquids) · ru пи́нта (unit of volume for liquids) · fi maitopullo (pint of milk) · it pinta (unit of volume for liquids) · fi tuopillinen (pint of beer) · cmn 品脫 /品脱 (unit of volume for liquids) · it pinta di latte (pint of milk) · nrf pînte dé lait (pint of milk) · bg пинта (unit of volume for liquids) · cy peint (pint of milk) · mk пи́нта (pint of beer) · cy peint (pint of beer) · fr cannette (pint of beer) · el όγδοο του γαλονιού (unit of volume for liquids) · fr sérieux (pint of beer) · mk кри́гла (pint of beer)