pint

See also Pint

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /paɪnt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnt

Noun

pint (plural pints)

1. A unit of volume, equivalent to ⅛ of a gallon or
   1. in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint) and
   2. in the United States approximately
      1. 473 millilitres for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
      2. 551 millilitres for dry goods (a US dry pint).
   3. hungarian pint 1,696 liter
2. (UK) A pint of milk.

   Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman

3. (euphemistic) A glass of beer, 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.

Translations

unit of volume for liquids

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 品脫 (cmn), 品脱 (cmn) (pǐntuō)

• Czech: pinta (cs) f
• French: chopine (fr) f (NOTE: "pinte" is a false friend which really means "quart")
• German: Pint (de) n
• Greek: χοεύς (el) (choéfs) m, πίντα (el) (pínta) f, ⅛ του γαλονιού (el) (⅛ tou galonioú) n
• Irish: pionta (ga) m

• Italian: pinta (it) f
• Japanese: パイント (ja) (painto)
• Jèrriais: pînte f
• Macedonian: пинта (mk) (pínta) f
• Russian: пинта (ru) (pínta) f
• Spanish: pinta (es) f
• Swedish: pint (sv) c

pint of milk

• French: chopine de lait f
• Italian: pinta di latte f

• Jèrriais: pînte dé lait f

pint of beer

• French: demi m (this is half a litre, which is approximately a pint)
• Greek: μισόλιτρο (el) (misólitro) n (½ of a litre)
• Irish: pionta (ga) m

• Macedonian: кригла (mk) (krígla) f, пинта (mk) (pínta) f
• Russian: кружка (ru) (krúžka) f (пи́ва), пинта (ru) (pínta) f

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

See also

• gallon
• litre
• quart

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Danish

Verb

pint

1. past participle of pine

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪnt

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Noun

pint c (plural pinten, diminutive pintje)

1. (Southern) A glass of beer (usually 25 cl, not an imperial pint).

Synonyms

• pils

Verb

pint

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of pinnen
2. plural imperative of pinnen

Anagrams

• nipt