pint

A pint of beer

noun

The definition of a pint is a liquid measurement equal to 16 fluid ounces in the U.S. and slightly more in British measure, or a container that holds this amount of fluid.

An example of a pint is the standard size of beer served in a British brewery.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"pint." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 13 October 2018. <http://www.yourdictionary.com/PINT>.

APA Style

pint. (n.d.). Retrieved October 13th, 2018, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/PINT

pint

1. a unit of liquid measure, equal to of a liquid quart or 16 fluid ounces (4 gills or 0.4732 liquid liter): the British and Canadian imperial pint equals 0.5682 liquid liter
2. a unit of dry measure, equal to of a dry quart or peck (0.5506 dry liter or 33.6003 cubic inches)
any container with a capacity of one pint
Brit., Informal a pint of beer

Origin of pint

Middle English pynte from Middle French pinte from Medieval Latin pinta, probably from Vulgar Latin an unverified form pincta, for Classical Latin picta, feminine past participle of pingere, to paint: origin, originally probably a spot marking the level in a measure

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"pint." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 13 October 2018. <http://www.yourdictionary.com/PINT>.

APA Style

pint. (n.d.). Retrieved October 13th, 2018, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/PINT

pint

noun

Abbr. pt. or p.
a. A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to ¹₈ gallon or 16 ounces (0.473 liter).
b. A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in dry measure, equal to ¹₁₆ peck or ¹₂ quart (0.551 liter).
c. A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to 0.568 liter. measurement
a. A container with a pint capacity.
b. The amount of a substance that can be held in such a container.

Origin of pint

Middle English pinte a unit of volume from Old French from Vulgar Latin pīncta mark on a container from feminine of *pīnctus alteration of Latin pictus past participle of pingere to paint ; see peig- in Indo-European roots.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"pint." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 13 October 2018. <http://www.yourdictionary.com/PINT>.

APA Style

pint. (n.d.). Retrieved October 13th, 2018, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/PINT

Noun

(plural pints)

A unit of volume, equivalent to â…› of a gallon or
1. in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint) and
2. in the United States approximately
  1. 473 millilitres for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
  2. 551 millilitres for dry goods (a US dry pint).
3. hungarian pint 1,696 liter
(UK) A pint of milk.
Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman
(euphemistic) A glass of beer, served by the pint.

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

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"pint." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 13 October 2018. <http://www.yourdictionary.com/PINT>.

APA Style

pint. (n.d.). Retrieved October 13th, 2018, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/PINT

pint

pint

pint

Sentence Examples

Also Mentioned In

Words near pint in the dictionary

pint

pint

pint

Sentence Examples

Also Mentioned In

Words near pint in the dictionary

Join YourDictionary today