pint

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
  2. noun a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches
  3. noun a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart

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.

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