US Pint (pt)
The us pint is a unit of volume, used for beer servings, ice cream containers, and blood donation volumes in the US. Its symbol is pt.
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gal
1 us pint equals
| US Gallons | 0.125 gal |
| Liters | 0.473176 L |
| Milliliters | 473.176 mL |
| US Cups | 2 cup |
About the us pint
The pint derives from the Old French "pinte" and Latin "picta" (painted mark on a container). The US pint is 473 mL, smaller than the Imperial pint at 568 mL.
In everyday use the us pint appears in beer servings, ice cream containers, and blood donation volumes in the US. As a point of reference: a US pint of blueberries weighs about 340 grams.