pinter

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See also: Pinter, pintér, and Pintér

English

Etymology

From pint +‎ -er.

Noun

pinter (plural pinters)

  1. (in combinations, UK, slang) The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
  2. (in combinations, UK, slang) A container that holds a certain number of pints.
    • 2006, Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red, page 262:
      “Anyway, I'd best get a shuffle on. Got to pick some milk up, you see.” “I've just been too.” Sure enough he showed the hedgehog a four-pinter.
  3. (in combinations, UK, slang) Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.
    She's so ugly, an eight-pinter, I'd say.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From pinte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ̃.te/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

pinter

  1. (informal) to get drunk
    • 1970, “J'habite en France”, in J'habite en France, performed by Michel Sardou:
      A les entendre on croirait bien / Qu’on est pinté tous les matins
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pinter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pintant
/pɛ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pinté
/pɛ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pinte
/pɛ̃t/ 		pintes
/pɛ̃t/ 		pinte
/pɛ̃t/ 		pintons
/pɛ̃.tɔ̃/ 		pintez
/pɛ̃.te/ 		pintent
/pɛ̃t/
imperfect pintais
/pɛ̃.tɛ/ 		pintais
/pɛ̃.tɛ/ 		pintait
/pɛ̃.tɛ/ 		pintions
/pɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		pintiez
/pɛ̃.tje/ 		pintaient
/pɛ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 pintai
/pɛ̃.te/ 		pintas
/pɛ̃.ta/ 		pinta
/pɛ̃.ta/ 		pintâmes
/pɛ̃.tam/ 		pintâtes
/pɛ̃.tat/ 		pintèrent
/pɛ̃.tɛʁ/
future pinterai
/pɛ̃.tʁe/ 		pinteras
/pɛ̃.tʁa/ 		pintera
/pɛ̃.tʁa/ 		pinterons
/pɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		pinterez
/pɛ̃.tʁe/ 		pinteront
/pɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional pinterais
/pɛ̃.tʁɛ/ 		pinterais
/pɛ̃.tʁɛ/ 		pinterait
/pɛ̃.tʁɛ/ 		pinterions
/pɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pinteriez
/pɛ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		pinteraient
/pɛ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pinte
/pɛ̃t/ 		pintes
/pɛ̃t/ 		pinte
/pɛ̃t/ 		pintions
/pɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		pintiez
/pɛ̃.tje/ 		pintent
/pɛ̃t/
imperfect2 pintasse
/pɛ̃.tas/ 		pintasses
/pɛ̃.tas/ 		pintât
/pɛ̃.ta/ 		pintassions
/pɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		pintassiez
/pɛ̃.ta.sje/ 		pintassent
/pɛ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pinte
/pɛ̃t/ 		— pintons
/pɛ̃.tɔ̃/ 		pintez
/pɛ̃.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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Romanization

pinter

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦂ
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