pint

Meaning

1. (Commonwealth, UK) A unit of volume, equivalent to:
2. (US) A unit of volume, equivalent to:
3. (US) A unit of volume, equivalent to:
4. A unit of volume, equivalent to:
5. A unit of volume, equivalent to:
6. (British, metonymically) A pint of milk.
7. (UK, metonymically) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

Synonyms

dry pint

pt

quart

octarius

pound

💷

cup

sixteen ounces

liquid pint

dint

gallon

measure of capacity

Translations

pinte

pinta

pinta

Pint

pinta

pint

πίντα

chopine

Schoppen

Pinte

البايِنْت

⅛ του γαλονιού

χοεύς

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paɪnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pinte

In summary

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.