vintage

English Online Dictionary. What means vintage‎? What does vintage mean?

English

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 (“take”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: vĭnʹtĭj, IPA^(key): /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/

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.
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 (attributively) Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).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.
   3. (Of an item of clothing) produced between the years of 1945 and 1970, during the post-war period.

Derived terms

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

• vintaging

Translations

See also

• classic
• veteran

Further reading

• “vintage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “vintage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Vigeant, vagient

Finnish

Etymology

From English vintage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋintɑɡe/, [ˈʋin̪t̪ɑ̝ɡe̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʋintedʒ/, [ˈʋin̪t̪e̞dʒ]
• Rhymes: -intɑɡe
• Hyphenation^(key): vin‧ta‧ge

Adjective

vintage (not comparable, indeclinable)

1. vintage

Usage notes

Mostly only used in compounds.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vin.tɛdʒ/, /vɛ̃.taʒ/

Adjective

vintage (plural vintages)

1. vintage (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “vintage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English vintage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvin.tɘt͡ʂ/
• Rhymes: -intɘt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: vin‧tage

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbintat͡ʃ/ [ˈbĩn̪.t̪at͡ʃ]
  • Rhymes: -intatʃ
• IPA^(key): /binˈtat͡ʃ/ [bĩn̪ˈt̪at͡ʃ]
  • Rhymes: -atʃ
• Syllabification: vin‧ta‧ge

Adjective

vintage m or f (masculine and feminine plural vintages)

1. vintage

   Synonym: antiguo