vine

English

Etymology

From Middle English vīne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: vīn, IPA^(key): /vaɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

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vine (plural vines)

1. The climbing plant that produces grapes.

   They picked the grapes off the vine.

   • 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 2:

     Irám indeed is gone with all its Rose,
     And Jamshýd's Sev'n-ring'd Cup where no one knows;
     But still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields,
     And still a Garden by the Water blows.

2. Any plant of the genus Vitis.
3. (by extension) Any similar climbing or trailing plant.

Synonyms

• (climbing plant that produces grapes): grapevine
• (any climbing or trailing plant): climber (UK)

Hyponyms

• (US): liana

Derived terms

Related terms

• See also wine#Related terms

Translations

See also

• kudzu
• liana
• scrambler
• twiner

References

• “vine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Vien, nevi, vein

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -ine

Verb

vine

1. second-person singular imperative of venir

Danish

Noun

vine c

1. indefinite plural of vin

Estonian

Noun

vine (genitive vine, partitive vinet)

1. mist

Declension

Derived terms

• uduvine (“haze”)
• vinene (“misty”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vin/

• Audio

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Verb

vine

1. inflection of viner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Inari Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

viṇe

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Inflection

Further reading

• vine in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎, Tromsø: UiT

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Latin

Noun

vīne

1. vocative singular of vīnus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman vinne, vine (Old French vigne), from Vulgar Latin vinia, from Latin vīnea (“vineyard; vine”). Doublet of vyny.

Alternative forms

• vin, viene, vign, vigne, veine, vyne, vyn, vyene, vygn, vygne, veyne, win, wine, wyn, wyne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːn(ə)/

Noun

vine (plural vines or (early) vinen)

2. grapevine
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Joon 15:1, page 51v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     I am a verrei vyne .· ⁊ my fadir is an erþetilier […]

     I am a true vine, and my father is a cultivator

3. vineyard

Related terms

• vyner
• vynet
• vyneȝerd
• vyne-tre
• vynour

Descendants

• English: vine
• Scots: vine

References

• “vīne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French vigne (“siege engine”), from Latin vīnea.

Alternative forms

• vyne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːn(ə)/

Noun

vine (plural vines)

2. (military) siege engine

References

• “vīne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

vine (plural vines)

1. Alternative form of wyn (“wine”)

Etymology 4

Noun

vine (plural vines)

1. Alternative form of vyny

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine

Etymology 1

Noun

vine

1. plural of vână

Etymology 2

Verb

vine

1. third-person singular present indicative of veni

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbine/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ine
• Syllabification: vi‧ne

Verb

vine

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of venir

Volapük

Noun

vine

1. dative singular of vin