vendange

English

Etymology

From French vendange.

Noun

vendange (plural vendanges)

1. The annual grape harvest, especially in France.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 534:

     ‘I could, of course, stay until after the vendanges, if I wished,’ said the Prince.

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French

Etymology

From Latin vīndēmia, from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + emō (“acquire, obtain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɑ̃dɑ̃ʒ/

Noun

vendange f (plural vendanges)

1. vintage

Verb

vendange

1. first-person singular present indicative of vendanger
2. third-person singular present indicative of vendanger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of vendanger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of vendanger
5. second-person singular imperative of vendanger