vintage

English

Etymology

From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vīndēmia (“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.tɪdʒ/

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

Translations

yield of grapes during one season

• Catalan: verema f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 年份 (zh) (niánfèn)

• Dutch: wijnoogst (nl)
• Finnish: rypälesato
• Galician: vendima f
• German: Traubenlese (de) f
• Maori: whakinga wāina

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: druehøst m

• Polish: zbiór (pl) m
• Portuguese: vindima (pt) f
• Russian: урожа́й (ru) m (urožáj) (определённого го́да)
• Spanish: vendimia (es) f
• Swedish: skörd (sv) n

wine identified by year and vineyard

• Catalan: collita f
• Dutch: wijnjaar (nl)
• Finnish: vuosikerta (fi)
• Galician: colleita f
• German: Jahrgang (de) m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: årgang m

• Polish: rocznik (pl) m
• Russian: вино́ урожа́я n (vinó urožája) (определённого го́да)
• Spanish: cosecha (es) f

harvesting of a grape and initial pressing for winemaking

• Finnish: viininkorjuu
• French: vendange (fr) f
• Galician: vendima f
• Georgian: რთველი (rtveli)
• German: Lese f
• Maori: whakinga wāina

• Occitan: vendémia (oc) f
• Polish: winobranie (pl) n
• Russian: сбор (виногра́да) m (sbor (vinográda))
• Spanish: vendimia (es) f
• Swedish: tappning n

year or place something is produced

• Dutch: wijnoogst (nl), cru (nl)
• Finnish: vuosikerta (fi)
• French: récolte (fr) f, cru (fr) m
• German: Jahrgang (de) m

• Hungarian: évjárat (hu)
• Russian: год (ru) m (god) (произво́дства or вы́пуска)
• Swedish: årgång c

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 video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, or old magazines, etc.).
4. (attributively) Of a motor car, built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
5. Of a watch, produced between the years 1870 and 1980.

Derived terms

Terms derived from vintage

• non-vintage, nonvintage
• post-vintage thoroughbred
• rack vintage
• unvintaged
• vintage audio
• vintage base ball
• vintage car
• vintage chocolate
• vintage clothing
• vintage dance

• vintage guitar
• vintage jewellery, vintage jewelry
• vintage model
• vintager
• vintage snowmobiling
• vintage spring
• vintage time
• vintage wine
• vintage year

Translations

relating to a vintage or to wine identified by a specific vintage

• German: Jahrgang- (de), Jahrgangs- (de)
• Russian: ма́рочный (ru) (máročnyj), вы́держанный (ru) (výderžannyj)

• Spanish: cosecha (es)
• Turkish: kaliteli şarap

having an enduring appeal; classic

• Dutch: klassiek (nl)
• Polish: klasyczny (pl)

• Russian: класси́ческий (ru) (klassíčeskij)
• Spanish: clásico (es)

of a car, built between 1919 and 1930

• Polish: zabytkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: antigo (pt)

• Spanish: antiguo (es)

of a watch, produced between the years 1870 and 1980

• Polish: zabytkowy (pl)

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

to harvest grapes

• Galician: vendimar (gl)
• Polish: zbierać (pl)

• Russian: собира́ть (виногра́д) (sobirátʹ (vinográd))

to make wine from grapes

• Polish: tłoczyć

See also

• classic
• veteran

Further reading

• vintage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• vintage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Vigeant, vagient

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛ̃.taʒ/

Adjective

vintage (plural vintages)

1. vintage

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.

Adjective

vintage (plural vintages)

1. vintage