pinte

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See also: Pinte, pinté, and pînte

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin pecten (“comb”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pinte m (plural pintes)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) comb
  2. card (heavy comb for industrial applications)

Related terms

Further reading

Danish

Verb

pinte

  1. past of pine

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pincta (“mark used to indicate level on vessels”), from Latin pictus (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb).

Noun

pinte f (plural pintes)

  1. (Canada) a French-Canadian term for an Imperial quart, equal to 1⁄4 of an Imperial gallon, 2 Imperial pints, 40 Imperial ounces or 1.136 liters
  2. (France, obsolete) a French pre-metric measurement of capacity or volume equal to 0.952 liters. Under the monarchy its size varied depending on the region, with the Parisian pinte being equivalent to 0.93 liters. 1 pinte ("quart") = 2 chopines ("pint") = 4 demiards ("half-pint")
    • 1831, Eugène Sue, chapter 1, in Atar Gull, page 14:
      […] son grand pot d’étain qui tenait trois pintes.
      his big pewter tankard which held three pintes .
  3. (France) a metric pint (0.5 liters). This was done to reduce confusion between the similar American pint , Imperial pint or Système International metric "pint" and the French pinte . 1 pinte ("pint") = 2 demi-pintes or chopines ("half-pint")
  4. (France) Bottle of beer or wine with capacity of 50 centiliters, equivalent to 2⁄3 of a standard wine or liquor bottle

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pinte

  1. inflection of pinter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

pinte

  1. inflection of pintar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpin.te/
  • Rhymes: -inte
  • Hyphenation: pìn‧te

Noun

pinte f

  1. plural of pinta

Anagrams

Portuguese

Verb

pinte

  1. inflection of pintar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpinte/
  • Rhymes: -inte
  • Syllabification: pin‧te

Verb

pinte

  1. inflection of pintar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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