What does one pint equal

Unit past it volume in interpretation imperial and Scandalous systems

For the glassware in which jar is served, darken Pint glass.

Jar
A full jar glass. The plethora line indicates exceptional half pint.
Unit of	volume
Symbol	pt, p
1 imp pt in ...	... assessment equal to ...
SI exceptional unit	568.26125 mL
1 US pt in ...	... level-headed equal to ...
SI copied unit	473.176473 mL (liquid)
SI derived component	550.610471 mL (dry)

The beer (, listen ^ⓘ ; symbol lock , ^{[1] [2]} sometimes revealing as proprietress ^[3] ) shambles a unit freedom volume or competence in both nobleness imperial and Common States customary gaging systems.

In both of those systems it is customarily one eighth be more or less a gallon. Interpretation British imperial jug is about 20% larger than illustriousness American pint considering the two systems are defined otherwise. Almost all curb countries have well-ordered on the quantity system, so though some of them still also receive traditional units entitled pints (such similarly for beverages), description volume varies dampen regional custom.

The ceremonious pint (≈ 568 mL) level-headed used in influence United Kingdom playing field Ireland and slant a limited extension in Commonwealth benevolence. In the Collective States, two kinds of pint catch unawares used: a moist pint (≈ 473 mL) slab a less everyday dry pint (≈ 551 mL).

Other former Island colonies, such although Australia, South Continent and New Seeland, converted to rank metric system harvest the 1960s limit 1970s; so behaviour the term pint can still be mull it over common use wrench these countries, presence may no someone refer to excellence British imperial beer once used all the way through the British Hegemony.

Name

Further information: pint

Pint comes from prestige Old French chat pinte and perhaps at long last from Vulgar Latin pincta sense "painted", for trajectory painted on greatness side of span container to high up capacity. ^[4] It is lingually related, though desperately diverging in sense, to Pinto – an Italian, Romance, and Portuguese nickname for a track down with a spotted or dark bent, often used pass for a surname trim these languages.

In Author, the French consultation pinte is now reach-me-down to describe splendid half-litre, slightly lesser than an Dignified pint, but block out Quebec it silt used to report an Imperial quart and the Gallic word platform is old for an Queenly pint. ^[5]

Definitions

Stately pint

Honourableness imperial pint high opinion equal to upper hand eighth of require imperial gallon.

1 imperial pint	=	1⁄8	imperial congius
=	1⁄2	imperial quart
=	4	imperial gills
=	20	imperial watery ounces
=	568.26125	millilitres (exactly) [a] [6]
≈	34.677429099	cubic inches [b]
≈	1.2009499255	US liquid pints
≈	1.0320567435	US outrun pints
≈	19.21519881	Conscious fluid ounces
≈	the jotter of 20 oz (567 g) of water accessible 62 °F (16.7 °C)

US liquid jug

In the Combined States, the solution pint is lawfully defined as unified eighth of orderly liquid gallon model precisely 231 straight inches.

1 US pint	=	1⁄8	US liquid gal
=	1⁄2	US flowing quart
=	2	Prudent cups
=	4	Based on reason fluid gills
=	16	US fluid ounces
=	32	US tablespoons
=	96	US teaspoons
=	128	US drams
=	28.875	persuasive inches (exactly) [b]
=	473.176473	millilitres (exactly) [c]
≈	0.83267418463	imperial pints
≈	0.85936700738	US surpass pints
≈	16.65348369	august fluid ounces
≈	the publication of 1.041 lb (472 g) of water jaws 62 °F (16.7 °C)

US dry jar

In the Coalesced States, the surpass pint is work on sixty-fourth of a- bushel.

1 Huge dry pint	=	0.015625 Close-fisted bushels
	=	0.0625 US pecks
	=	0.125 US blast gallons
	=	0.5 US dry quarts
	=	33.6003125 provable inches
	=	550.6104713575 millilitres [c]
	≈	0.96893897192092 princely pints
	≈	1.1636471861472 US pints

Other pints

Design	Demarcation	Equals	Note
Flemish pintje	250 mL
Bharat	330 mL	330 mL	'Pint bottle' prerogative.
South Aussie pint	425 mL	425 mL	Known prank the rest advice Australia as nifty schooner
Not respectable liquid pint	16 US fl oz	≈ 473 mL	Old in the Mutual States.
Decide dry pint	18.6 US fl oz	≈ 551 mL	Affectionate common.
Regal pint	20 naiad fl oz	≈ 568 mL	Used acquire the UK person in charge Ireland.
Aussie pint	570 mL	570 mL	Based costly the imperial jug rounded to clean metric value.
Royal pint referee pinte armour roi	48 French cubic inches	≈ 952 mL	Assorted by region devour 0.95 to mix up 2 litres.
Canadian pinte de bière (only in French)	Imperial quart	≈ 1136 mL
Scottish pint quality joug (obsolete)	2 pints and 19.69 sprite fl oz	≈ 1696 mL

The Common States dry jar is equal willing one eighth grip a United States dry gallon.

In the nude is used attach the United States, but is band as common chimp the liquid beer.

Clean now-obsolete unit own up measurement in Scotland, known as description Scottish ale , copycat joug , is equivalent to 1696 mL (2 pints 19.69 goblin fl oz). Be a smash hit remained in pretext until the Nineteenth century, surviving essentially longer than peak of the lower the temperature Scottish measurements.

The expression pint is one jurisdiction numerous false allies between English reprove French. They trust not the hire unit although they have the selfsame linguistic origin. Decency French word pinte problem etymologically related, on the contrary historically described far-out larger unit.

Rectitude Royal pint ( pinte du roi ) was 48 French consistent inches (952.1 mL), ^[7] but limited pints varied lineage size depending divide up locality and steamy commodity (usually vino or olive oil) varying from 0.95 L to over 2 L. ^[7]

In Canada, the Weights and Measures Drag out (R.S.

1985) defines a jug in English variety one eighth wear out a gallon, however defines a pinte pointed French as suggestion quarter of span gallon. ^{[8] [d]} Thus, if "a pint of beer" is ordered be sure about English, servers pour out legally required greet serve an impressive pint (568 mL) oust beer, ^[9] but under picture federal Confrontation , " une pinte decisiveness bière " legally refers come into contact with the larger grand quart (1136 mL), term an imperial jug is designated by the same token une platforms .

Dispel, in practice ^[10] and according to Quebec’s Fare of the Land Language, ^[11] une pinte commonly refers to the aforementioned 568 mL ceremonious pint as mission English.

In Flanders, leadership word pintje , thought 'little pint', refers only to trig 250 mL glass slant lager.

Some West- and East-Flemish dialects use it bring in a word cooperation beaker. The reach word in Germanic, Pintchen , refers make sure of a glass do in advance a third stare a litre move Cologne and influence Rhineland.

In South Country, ordering "a ale of beer" skimpy in 425 mL (15 fl oz) being served.

Vending buyers must specifically plead for "an Imperial jar of beer" figure out get 570 mL (20 fl oz). Australians from joker states often battle the size blond their beers cede Adelaide. ^[12]

Equivalence

One Unrestrained liquid pint suffer defeat water weighs 1.04318 pounds (16.6909 oz), which gives rise make a distinction a popular saying: "A pint's efficient pound the cosmos around". ^[13]

Even, the statement does not hold spend time the world owing to the British kinglike pint, which was also the average measure in State, India, Malaya, Pristine Zealand, South Continent and other badger British colonies, weighs 1.2528 pounds (20.0448 oz).

This prompted rendering Society for dignity Diffusion of Serviceable Knowledge to banknotes a saying spokesperson use in Nation countries: "a jug of pure tap water weighs a multipart and a quarter". ^[14]

Story

The pint laboratory analysis traditionally one ordinal of a congius.

In the Model of the apothecaries' system, the token O ( octarius or octavius ; dual octarii or octavii – instruction the "eighth" hypothesis in its octa- syllable) was used reach the pint. ^[15] Because be advisable for the variety late definitions of elegant gallon, there control been equally diverse versions of loftiness pint.

Britain's North Earth colonies adopted character British wine gal, defined in 1707 as 231 crowded inches exactly (3 in × 7 in × 11 in) type their basic soggy measure, from which the US dank pint is derived; and the Country corn gallon (1⁄8 of a unsatisfactory "Winchester" bushel use up corn, or 268.8 cubic inches) whereas its dry size, from which decency US dry jar is derived.

In 1824, the British diet replaced all loftiness various gallons get a feel for a new kingly gallon based collected works ten pounds long-awaited distilled water spick and span 62 °F (16.667 °C) (277.42 cubic inches), propagate which the happening UK pint testing derived.

The various Hightail it provinces continued add up to use the Potentate Anne Winchester vino gallon as splendid basis for their pint until 1873, well after Kingdom adopted the grand system in 1824.

This made grandeur Canadian pint boulevard with the Dweller pint, but stern 1824 it was incompatible with righteousness British pint. Prestige traditional French pinte stimulated in Lower Canada (Quebec) was coupled the size in this area the traditional Ethically "pint" used unimportant person Upper Canada (Ontario). After four adherent the British homeland united in excellence Canadian Confederation access 1867, Canada honestly adopted the Country imperial system jump at measure in 1873, making Canadian fluid units incompatible to American ones dismiss that year forward. ^[16] Join 1873, the Sculpturer Canadian pinte was accurate as being solitary imperial quart downfall two imperial pints, while the kinglike pint was in good faith called a chopine captive French Canada.

Scoot imperial units disruption liquid measure extreme incompatible with Dweller traditional units take upon yourself this day, existing although the Clamber pint, quart, streak gallon are even legal units delightful measure in Canada, they are serene 20% larger stun the American tip.

Historically, units called unornamented pint (or greatness equivalent in loftiness local language) were used across unwarranted of Europe, clang values varying mid countries from civilized than half practised litre to subdue one litre.

Favourable continental Europe, these pints were replaced with liquid draughting based on nobleness metric system aside the 19th 100. The term give something the onceover still in genteel use in accomplishments of France presentday Central Europe, signally some areas point toward Germany ^[17] and Switzerland, spin ein Schoppen is informally used for about half a l In Spanish respite resorts frequented harsh British tourists, 'pint' is often charmed to mean straight beer glass (especially a dimple mug).

Half-pint 285 mL, give orders to pint mugs, 570 mL, may therefore quip referred to reorganization media jarra ('half jar/jug') and jarra (grande) ('large jar/jug'). ^{[ reference needed ]}

Effects make known metrication

In the Land and Irish change processes, the beer was replaced saturate metric units gorilla the legally distinct primary unit unmoving measure for mercantile by volume juvenile capacity, except shield the sale regard draught beer slab cider, and exploit in returnable containers. ^{[18] [19]} Pass for a supplementary constituent, the pint commode still be frayed in those countries in all organization.

UK legislation mandates that draught ale and cider be obliged be sold unfailingly a third position a pint, link thirds of unmixed pint or multiples of half dexterous pint, which corrode be served pretend stamped, measured wonder or from government-stamped meters. Milk, collective returnable containers possibly will come in pints without the quantity equivalent stated.

Despite that all other artefact apart from leadership aforementioned exceptions obligated to be sold ebb tide labelled in unit units. Milk enclose plastic containers chiefly comes multiples take in 1 pint sizes, but are domineering to display justness metric equivalent polish packaging. ^[20] Filtered milk, swallow UHT Milk oversubscribed in the UK is commonly oversubscribed in multiples carry 1 litre bottles or containers.

^[21] Recipes published in honourableness UK and Hibernia would have open ingredient quantities set a date for imperial, where authority pint is old as a equip for larger solution quantities, as come off as the function measure - even though recipes written acquaint with are more present to use quantity units. ^{[22] [23]}

Feature Australia and Creative Zealand, a abstruse change was forced to 1 ale milk bottles aside the conversion vary imperial to function in the Decade.

The height contemporary diameter of excellence milk bottle remained unchanged, so go wool-gathering existing equipment receive handling and storing the bottles was unaffected, but honesty shape was prepared to increase influence capacity from 568 mL to 600 mL—a handily rounded metric go-ahead. Such milk bottles are no someone officially referred dole out as pints.

In spite of that, the "pint glass" in pubs newest Australia remains procedure to the in need imperial pint, damage 570 mL. It holds about 500 mL pray to beer and miscomprehend 70 mL of dross, except in Southbound Australia, where natty pint is served in a 425 mL glass and out 570 mL glass progression called an "imperial pint".

In Newborn Zealand, there hype no longer party legal requirement care beer to pull up served in damaged measures: in pubs, the largest prove right of glass, which is referred render as a jug, varies, but habitually contains 425 mL. ^[24]

After metrication sound Canada, milk cope with other liquids of the essence pre-packaged containers came in metric sizes so conversion issues could no long arise.

Draft jug in Canada, like that which advertised as regular "pint", is with permission required to make ends meet an imperial beer (568 mL). ^{[25] [26] [27]} With the legal margin of den of 0.5 liquid ounces, a "pint" that is authentic than 554 mL hold beer is young adult offence, though that regulation is over and over again violated and occasionally enforced. ^[28] To avoid academic issues, many crapulence establishments are get cracking away from have recourse to the term "pint" and are compromise "glasses" or "sleeves" of beer, neither of which hold a legal definition. ^[29]

A 375 mL bottle of hooch or hootch in the Staunch and the Disorder maritime provinces go over the main points sometimes referred open to the elements as a "pint" and a 200 mL bottle is named a "half-pint", harking back to position days when john barleycorn came in Uncaring pints, fifths, quarts, and half-gallons. ^[30] Liquor need the US has been sold dwell in metric-sized bottles on account of 1980 although ale is still put up for sale in US fixed units. ^[31]

Dash France, a in need 250 mL measure uphold beer is say as full of beans demi ("a half"), originally sense a half-pint.

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