pint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: pints
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A unit of volume, equivalent to:
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
UK
examples: 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.
gloss: A unit of volume, equivalent to:
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A unit of volume, equivalent to:
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A unit of volume, equivalent to:
pos: noun
gloss: A unit of volume, equivalent to:
pos: noun
examples: The prices of the second class are given by the ounce; thus […] for a pint, of 12 ounces;
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.
[…] 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.
... 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[…]
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.
4 medium scoops coffee ice cream (about 1 pint/12 ounces/340 grams), softened until just melty at the edges
gloss: A pint of milk.
pos: noun
tags: UK
metonymically
examples: Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.
gloss: A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
pos: noun
tags: UK
metonymically
examples: 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.
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:
lang: Bulgarian
word: пинта
roman: pinta
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 品脫 /品脱
roman: pǐntuō
lang: Czech
word: pinta
lang: Finnish
word: pintti
lang: Finnish
word: puoli tuoppia
lang: Finnish
word: halstuoppi
lang: French
word: chopine
lang: Galician
word: pinta
lang: German
word: Pint
lang: Greek
word: χοεύς
roman: choéfs
lang: Greek
word: πίντα
roman: pínta
lang: Greek
word: όγδοο του γαλονιού
roman: ógdoo tou galonioú
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ξέστης
roman: xéstēs
lang: Irish
word: pionta
lang: Italian
word: pinta
lang: Japanese
word: パイント
roman: painto
lang: Latin
word: sextārius
lang: Latin
word: octāvius
lang: Macedonian
word: пи́нта
roman: pínta
lang: Māori
word: paina
lang: Norman
word: pînte
lang: Polish
word: pinta
lang: Polish
word: półkwarta
lang: Portuguese
word: quartilho
lang: Portuguese
word: pint
lang: Russian
word: пи́нта
roman: pínta
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: pinnt
lang: Spanish
word: pinta
lang: Swahili
word: painti
lang: Swedish
word: pint
lang: Tagalog
word: pitis
lang: Welsh
word: peint