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pinta

/ˈpaɪnt.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
pin-ta
IPA
/ˈpaɪnt.ə/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pint of milk.

British usage; Colloquial

noun

A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis.

Uncountable

noun

prison

Slang; Uncountable

name

An island in Ecuador, one of the Galapagos Islands.

Etymology

From the pronunciation of pint of milk. Compare cuppa.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pintas (plural)

Derived Forms

pintid

Rhymes With

quinta jacinta araminta

Questions

How do you pronounce pinta?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpaɪnt.ə/.
What does pinta mean?
A pint of milk.
Where does pinta come from?
From the pronunciation of pint of milk. Compare cuppa.

How to pronounce pinta

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