vintage

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word vintage. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word vintage, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say vintage in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word vintage you have here. The definition of the word vintage will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofvintage, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vindēmia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + emō (“acquire, obtain”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: vĭnʹtĭj, IPA(key): /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

vintage (countable and uncountable, plural vintages)

  1. The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
  2. Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
    • 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 1, in Tarzan of the Apes:
      I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.
  3. The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
  4. The year or place in which something is produced.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

vintage (comparative more vintage, superlative most vintage)

  1. (attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
  2. (attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
  3. (attributively) Classic (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
    1. (Of a motor car) built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
    2. (Of a watch) produced between the years 1870 and 1980.

Derived terms

Terms derived from vintage

Descendants

  • → French: vintage
  • → Polish: vintage
  • → Spanish: vintage

Translations

Verb

vintage (third-person singular simple present vintages, present participle vintaging, simple past and past participle vintaged)

  1. (transitive) To harvest (grapes).
  2. (transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vintage (plural vintages)

  1. vintage (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English vintage, from Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge, from Latin vindēmia, from vīnum + dēmō.

Pronunciation

Noun

vintage n (indeclinable)

  1. vintage (wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin)
  2. vintage (vogue for old items)

Further reading

  • vintage in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

A user has added this entry to requests for verification(+)
If it cannot be verified that this term meets our attestation criteria, it will be deleted. Feel free to edit this entry as normal, but do not remove {{rfv}} until the request has been resolved.

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /binˈtaxe/
  • Rhymes: -axe
  • Syllabification: vin‧ta‧ge

Adjective

vintage m or f (masculine and feminine plural vintages)

  1. vintage
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia