English Explanatory Dictionary

pint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit of volume, equivalent to:
  2. one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
  3. 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint).
  4. one half quart.
  5. 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
  6. approximately 33.6 cubic inches [550.6 cubic centimeters] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
  7. 1.696 liters.
  8. 12 fluid ounces.
  9. A pint of milk.
  10. A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
name
  1. A surname from Dutch.

Pronunciation

/paɪnt/ en-us-pint.ogg

Word forms

pint pints

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.

Related words

gallon litre quart

Derived words

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

Translations

Bulgarian: пинта Chinese Mandarin: 品脫 /品脱 Czech: pinta Finnish: pintti Finnish: puoli tuoppia Finnish: halstuoppi French: chopine Galician: pinta German: Pint Greek: χοεύς Greek: πίντα Greek: όγδοο του γαλονιού Ancient Greek: ξέστης Irish: pionta Italian: pinta Japanese: パイント Latin: sextārius Latin: octāvius Macedonian: пи́нта Māori: paina Norman: pînte Polish: pinta Polish: półkwarta Portuguese: quartilho Portuguese: pint Russian: пи́нта Scottish Gaelic: pinnt Spanish: pinta Swahili: painti Swedish: pint Tagalog: pitis Welsh: peint
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