Pint a limited extent in Commonwealth nations. In the United States, two pints are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 ml) and a less-common dry pint (≈ 551 ml). Each of these pints is one-eighth of its respective gallon, but the gallons differ. This difference dates back to 1824, when the British Weights and Measures Act standardised various liquid measures throughout the British Empire, while the United States continued to use the earlier English measure. The imperial pint consists of 20 imperial fluid ounces and the US liquid pint is 16 US fluid ounces, making the imperial fluid ounce about 4%
Pint remained in use until the 19th century, surviving significantly longer than most of the old Scottish measurements. This is one of numerous false friends which exist between English and French. They are not the same unit although they have the same linguistic origin. The French word "pinte" is etymologically related, but historically described a larger unit. The Royal pint ("pinte du roi") was 48 French cubic inches (952.1 ml). but regional pints varied in size depending on locality and on commodity (usually wine or olive oil) varying from 0.95 L to over 2 L. In Canada, the Weights and Measures