Definitions and meaning of pint
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 pingō (“paint”, verb). Doublet of pinto and Pinto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paɪnt/
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- Rhymes: -aɪnt
Noun
pint (plural pints)
- A unit of volume, equivalent to:
- one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
- (UK, Commonwealth) 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 33.6 cubic inches [550.6 cubic centimeters] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
- (Hungary) 1.696 liters.
- (formerly medicine, now chiefly some US bars and ice cream sellers) 12 fluid ounces.
- (British, metonymic) A pint of milk.
- (UK, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic بِنْت (bint).
Noun
pint f (plural pnat)
- daughter
- girl
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 167
Danish
Verb
pint
- past participle of pine
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
pint f (plural pinten, diminutive pintje n)
- (Belgium) a glass of beer (usually 25 cl or 33cl, not an imperial pint)
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: pinchi (from the diminutive)
Verb
pint
- inflection of pinnen:
- second/third-person singular present indicative
- (archaic) plural imperative
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pinte and Bavarian Pint, from French pinte, from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“mark used to indicate level on vessels”), from Latin pictus (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“to paint”). Compare English pint.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpint]
- Hyphenation: pint
- Rhymes: -int
Noun
pint (plural pintek)
- any of various old units of volume, often equivalent to about 1.4–1.6 litres
- Egy pint két iccével egyenlő. ― A pint is equal to two icce.
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Further reading
- pint in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Portuguese
Etymology
From English pint, q.v.
Noun
pint m (plural pints)
- (measure) alternative form of pinto, an English or American pint
Yola
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English pont, from Old French point, puint, pont. Cognate with English p'int.
Pronunciation
Noun
pint
- point
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 62
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