vintage
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
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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Translations[edit]
yield of grapes during one season
wine identified by year and vineyard
harvesting of a grape and initial pressing for winemaking
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year or place something is produced
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]
Terms derived from vintage
Translations[edit]
relating to a vintage or to wine identified by a specific vintage
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having an enduring appeal; classic
of a car, built between 1919 and 1930
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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to harvest grapes
to make wine from grapes
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- vintage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vintage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English vintage.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vintage (plural vintages)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vintage (plural vintages)
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