pinte
French, noun
pinte is spelled P-I-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,485th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinte is a French feminine noun meaning “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” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pinter. With an accent, pinté is a different word: “past participle of pinter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne unité de mesure qui servait à mesurer le vin et autres liquides, et dont la valeur différait selon…”.
What does pinte mean in English?
noun
- 1
Canadafemininea 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
feminineobsoletea 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")
- 3
femininea 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")
- 4
feminineBottle of beer or wine with capacity of 50 centiliters, equivalent to ²⁄₃ of a standard wine or liquor bottle
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of pinter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancienne unité de mesure qui servait à mesurer le vin et autres liquides, et dont la valeur différait selon les lieux. À Paris elle valait 0,93 litre. 2. Unité de mesure de capacité du système impérial britannique correspondant à un quart de gallon. 3. Verre de bière d’un demi-litre. 4. Débit de boisson, bistro.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pinte
- pintes plural
- pintée feminine
- pintés masculine plural
- pintées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pinte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pinte in French?
pinte appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).