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vine¹

  • /ˈvaɪ̯n/
  • [ˈvaɪ̯n]

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English vyne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.

noun vines

  1. Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.

    Similar: climber

  2. Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
  3. A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana. This was a full-on jungle, full of all kinds of creepy things - snakes, spiders. They expected Tarzan to come swinging by on a vine.
  4. UK, especially A climbing plant that produces grapes. They picked the grapes off the vine.

    Similar: grapevine, winetree

  5. Any plant of the genus Vitis.

Vine²

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Fountain County, Indiana, United States.

Vine³

Where it comes from

From the American short-form video hosting service Vine, active from 2012 to 2016, possibly from vine.

noun Vines

  1. Internet A looping video clip of a few seconds in duration, frequently used on social media. Vine has become a weird tiny art form with its own conventions and trends and a robust community, none of which you will probably be able to keep up with if you aren't already, but at least we can appreciate the occasional Buzzfeed^([sic]) roundup of Vines.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: grapevine, rattan, vigna, grape, vineyard, winegrowing, wine, garden, leaf, plant, leg, liane, harbor, creeper, dit, vid

Translations

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noun any similar climbing or trailing plant

Españoltrepadora, enredadera, bejuco, liana, boqui, coguilera
日本語蔓 tsuru
हिन्दीलता latā, बेल bel
Portuguêscipó
Françaisgrimpante
DeutschKletterpflanze, Ranke, Schlingpflanze
Italianorampicante
Tiếng Việtdây leo

noun any plant of the genus Vitis

Españolvid, parra, labrusca, parriza, parrón, cepa
हिन्दीलता latā
Italianovite, vitigno

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@misc{vine_2026,
  title = {vine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}