pint

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /paɪnt/

Noun

pint (plural pints)

1. A unit of volume, equivalent to:
   1. one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
      1. (United Kingdom, Commonwealth) 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint)
      2. (United States): one half quart
         1. 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
         2. approximately 18.62 fluid ounces [551 millilitres] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
   2. (Hungary) 1.696 liters
   3. (medicine) 12 fluid ounces
2. (British, metonym) A pint of milk.

   Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.

3. (metonymy, UK) A glass of beer or cider, 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.

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

Translations

• French: chopine
• German: Pint
• Italian: pinta
• Portuguese: quartilho, pint
• Russian: пи́нта
• Spanish: pinta

Translations

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

Translations

• French: pinte, sérieux, (Switzerland) cannette
• Russian: кру́жка

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