US Pint (pt)

US customaryCurrent unit

One eighth of a US gallon, 473.176 mL (16 US fluid ounces). The US pint is about 17% smaller than the imperial pint.

1 US pint = 0.473176473 liters (exactly).

1 US pint = 0.473176473 liters

About the US pint

Pint seems to come from Old French pinte, possibly from a Latin word meaning painted, perhaps because capacity marks were painted on containers. British North America inherited the 231-cubic-inch wine gallon around 1707, and the US liquid pint was derived from it as one eighth. After Britain adopted the imperial gallon in 1824, American and British pints parted ways for good.

Today the US liquid pint is exactly 28.875 cubic inches, or 473.176473 milliliters. The imperial pint, at 568.26125 mL, is about 20 percent larger. That is why a pint of beer in an American bar is a lesser drink than a pint in an English pub, and why recipes from different countries cannot swap pints blindly. In the US a pint is a common size for ice cream, cream and craft beer, and a separate US dry pint of about 550.6 milliliters measures blueberries and cherry tomatoes.

Sources: Wikipedia: Pint; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume

US Pint conversion chart

1 US pint expressed in every other volume unit:

Unit1 US pint
Liters0.473176473
Milliliters473.176473
US Gallons0.125
US Cups2
US Fluid Ounces16
Cubic Meters0.000473176473
Cubic Centimeters473.176473
US Quarts0.5
US Tablespoons32
US Teaspoons96
Metric Cups1.892705892
Metric Tablespoons31.5450982
Metric Teaspoons94.6352946
Imperial Gallons0.1040842731
Imperial Pints0.8326741846
Imperial Fluid Ounces16.65348369
Cubic Inches28.875
Cubic Feet0.01671006944
Cubic Yards0.0006188914609
Oil Barrels0.002976190476
Cubic Millimeters473,176.473
Microliters473,176.473
Centiliters47.3176473
Deciliters4.73176473
Hectoliters0.00473176473
Cubic Kilometers4.73176473×10⁻¹³
Australian Tablespoons23.65882365
US Legal Cups1.971568638
Imperial Quarts0.4163370923
Cubic Miles1.135210729×10⁻¹³
Wine Bottles0.630901964
Magnums0.315450982
Jeroboams0.157725491
Methuselahs0.0788627455
Nebuchadnezzars0.0315450982
US Gills4
US Fluid Drams128
US Minims7,680
Jiggers10.66666667
Pinches1,536
Dashes768
Imperial Gills3.330696739
US Bushels0.01342760949
US Pecks0.05371043796
US Dry Quarts0.4296835037
US Dry Pints0.8593670074
US Dry Barrels0.004092261905
US Liquid Barrels0.003968253968
UK Beer Barrels0.002891229808
Firkins0.01156491923
Kilderkins0.005782459615
Hogsheads (ale)0.001927486538
Tierces0.002976190476
Hogsheads (wine)0.001984126984
Puncheons0.001488095238
Butts (pipe)0.0009920634921
Tuns0.000496031746
Acre-feet3.836104097×10⁻⁷
Cords0.0001305474175
Board Feet0.2005208333
Cyathi10.40265834
Sextarii0.8668881948
Congii0.1444813658
Modii0.05418051218
Amphorae0.01806017073
Omers0.215080215
Hin0.129048129
Baths (biblical)0.0215080215
Homers0.00215080215
Gō2.623064913
Shō0.2623064913
Tō0.02623064913
Koku0.002623064913
Charkas3.847147733
Shtofs0.3847147733
Vedros0.03847147733

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