vintage
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
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Noun[edit]
vintage (countable and uncountable, plural vintages)
- The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
- 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.
- The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
- The year or place in which something is produced.
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Adjective[edit]
vintage (comparative more vintage, superlative most vintage)
- (attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
- (attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
- (attributively) Classic (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
Derived terms[edit]
- 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
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Verb[edit]
vintage (third-person singular simple present vintages, present participle vintaging, simple past and past participle vintaged)
- (transitive) To harvest (grapes).
- (transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.
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Further reading[edit]
- “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.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English vintage.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vintage (plural vintages)
Further reading[edit]
- “vintage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
vintage n (indeclinable)
- vintage (wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin)
- vintage (vogue for old items)
Further reading[edit]
- vintage in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vintage m or f (masculine and feminine plural vintages)
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁em-
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- en:Grapevines
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- Rhymes:Polish/intɨt͡ʂ
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- pl:Fashion
- pl:Wine
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- Rhymes:Spanish/axe
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- es:Grapevines