Pint

The pint (abbreviated pt) is a unit of volume in imperial units and United States customary units. There are three types of pints used in different countries. An imperial pint and US pint both equal ¹⁄₂ of a quart and ¹⁄₈ of a gallon.

An imperial fluid ounce is approximately 4% smaller than a US fluid ounce although an imperial pint has 4 more fluid ounces than a US pint, making an imperial pint approximately 20% larger than a US pint.

Imperial Pint

The imperial pint is the pint used in England, Canada, Ireland, and Burma. The unit may appear in other Commonwealth. Confusion in Canada often arises as liquids are occasionally sold in U.S. pints, near the border, although the official and only pint that is legal in Canada is the imperial pint. The imperial system has no dry pint and volume in dry units, since solid objects are measured by mass. 1 imperial pint equals 568,261.25 mm³.

An imperial fluid ounce is approximately 4% smaller than a US fluid ounce although an imperial pint has 4 more fluid ounces than a US pint, making an imperial pint approximately 20% larger than a US pint.

Units	Gallons	U.S. Fluid Ounces	U.S. Pints	Millilitres
Pint	1⁄8	19.2152	1.20095	568.26125

US Wet Pint

The US wet pint, or more commonly 'pint', is the unit used to measure volume in the United States. It is more common than the dry pint which is used for non-liquid volume measurements. 1 US pint is exactly equal to 473,176.473 mm³, defined by the international yard and pound agreement.

Units	Fluid ounces	Gills	Cups	Pints	Quarts	Gallons	Imperial pints	Millilitres
Pint	16	4	2	1	1⁄2	1⁄8	0.832674	473.176473

US Dry Pint

The US dry pint was a unit used for measuring the volume of solid objects instead of mass or quantity.

Units	dry quarts	dry gallons	bushels	dry hogshead	US wet pints	imperial pints	millilitres
Pint	1⁄2	1⁄8	1⁄64	Pint Media Imperial pint cans (568 mL) commonly found in British supermarkets US pint can, also marked 473 mL Blueberries labelled in English (1 US DRY PINT) and French (1 CHOPINE SÈCHE US 551 mL) for sale in the US and Canada Pints are commonly used for the sale of milk in the United Kingdom. The label gives both the metric and the imperial volume. 1⁄512 || ≈1.16 || ≈0.97 || 550.6104713575

Usage

• The wet U.S. pint is still commonly used in the United States.
• In Canada, it is commonly used for alcohol although a pint can vary from 12 fl oz to 20 fl oz and is sometimes incorrectly given in US fl oz.
• In England and Ireland, only milk and pure ethanol are sold in pints; however, milk must have litres next to pints.
• In England, milk is often sold in metric quantities near to imperial pints.