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

• make vintage
• vintage port

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

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvin.tɨt͡ʂ/
• Rhymes: -intɨt͡ʂ
• 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): /binˈtaxe/ [bĩn̪ˈt̪a.xe]
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: vin‧ta‧ge

Adjective

vintage m or f (masculine and feminine plural vintages)

1. vintage