vintage
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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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NounEdit
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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AdjectiveEdit
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 termsEdit
- 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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VerbEdit
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 readingEdit
- “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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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English vintage.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vintage (plural vintages)
Further readingEdit
- “vintage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
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NounEdit
vintage n (indeclinable)
- vintage (wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin)
- vintage (vogue for old items)
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.
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AdjectiveEdit
vintage (plural vintages)