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pint.

A unit of volume, equivalent to:

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Meaning & usage

noun/paɪnt/
  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 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
  3. 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
  4. A unit of volume, equivalent to: 1.696 liters.

  5. A unit of volume, equivalent to: 12 fluid ounces.

  6. A pint of milk.

    UK · metonymically
    Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.
  7. A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

    UK · metonymically
    A couple of pints please, barman.
Where this word comes from

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.

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