pinte
See also: Pinte, pinté, and pînte
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin pecten (“comb”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈpin.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpin.te/
Noun
pinte m (plural pintes)
- (archaic, dialectal) comb
- card (heavy comb for industrial applications)
Related terms
- pinta
Further reading
- “pinte” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Verb
pinte
- past tense of pine
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃t/
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)
- (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
- (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")
- (France) a metric pint (0.5 liters). This was done to reduce confusion between the similar American pint [0.473 liters], Imperial pint [0.568 liters] or Système International metric "pint" [0.500 liters] and the French pinte [0.952 liters]. 1 pinte [0.5 liters] ("pint") = 2 demi-pintes or chopines [0.250 liters] ("half-pint")
- (France) Bottle of beer or wine with capacity of 50 centiliters, equivalent to 2⁄3 of a standard wine or liquor bottle
Quotations
- 1831 : Atar Gull by Eugène Sue, chapter 1, pg. 14.
- His big tankard...held three pintes.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pinte
- inflection of pinter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “pinte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- peint
Galician
Verb
pinte
- first-person singular present subjunctive of pintar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of pintar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpin.te/
- Rhymes: -inte
- Hyphenation: pìn‧te
Noun
pinte f
- plural of pinta
Anagrams
- penti, pentì
Portuguese
Verb
pinte
- inflection of pintar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpinte/ [ˈpĩn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -inte
- Syllabification: pin‧te
Verb
pinte
- inflection of pintar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative