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vintage

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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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.

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Adjective

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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 (attributively) Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).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.

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Descendants

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

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Verb

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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.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English vintage.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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vintage (not comparable, indeclinable)

  1. vintage

Usage notes

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Mostly only used in compounds.

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English vintage.

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Adjective

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vintage (plural vintages)

  1. vintage (clarification of this definition is needed)

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English vintage.

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Noun

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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

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  • vintage in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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vintage m or f (masculine and feminine plural vintages)

  1. vintage
    Synonym: antiguo