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Pint
//paɪnt// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Dutch.
Noun
- 1 A unit of volume, equivalent to:; one eighth of a gallon, specifically:; 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint). Commonwealth, UK
- 2 a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart wordnet
- 3 A unit of volume, equivalent to:; one eighth of a gallon, specifically:; one half quart.; 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or US
- 4 a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches wordnet
- 5 A unit of volume, equivalent to:; one eighth of a gallon, specifically:; one half quart.; approximately 33.6 cubic inches [550.6 cubic centimeters] for dry goods (a US dry pint). US
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- 6 a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters wordnet
- 7 A unit of volume, equivalent to:; 1.696 liters.
- 8 A unit of volume, equivalent to:; 12 fluid ounces.
"The prices of the second class are given by the ounce; thus […] for a pint, of 12 ounces;"
- 9 A pint of milk. British, metonymically
"Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman."
- 10 A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint. UK, metonymically
"A couple of pints please, barman."
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch Pint, a metonymic occupational surname for an official who controlled measures.
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