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vineyard¹

  • /ˈvɪn.jɚd/ US
  • /ˈvaɪn.jɑrd/ US
  • /ˈvɪn.jəd/ UK
  • /ˈvɪnˌjɑːd/ UK

Where it comes from

Equivalent to vine + yard; from Middle English vyneȝerd (circa 1300), following earlier Old English wīnġeard (“wine yard, vine yard”), with vine (from Old French vigne (“vine, vineyard”), from Latin vīnea) replacing native Old English wīn (“wine, vine”). The earlier wīnġeard may have had the sense of “vine” already, with /w/ → /v/ facilitated by common v-/w- interchange. Compare Dutch wijngaard (literally “wine garden”) and German Weingarten alongside contracted Wingert. (Dutch gaard, German Garten are cognate to English yard.)

noun vineyards · vinyard · vinyerd

  1. A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine. The vineyard of Château Margaux stands as the producer of one of the world's greatest and most sought-after red wines.

Vineyard²

proper noun the Vineyard

  1. abbreviation Short for Martha's Vineyard

proper noun Vineyards

  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area and the Hawkesbury council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: vinery, winegrowing, viticultural, winery, wine, grape, grapevine, vine, grapery, vineland, winehouse, wine cellar, vintnery, bodega, swineyard, wine cave

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noun grape plantation

Españolviñedo, viña, parral, bacillar
한국어포도원 podowon, 포도밭 podobat
日本語葡萄園 budōen, 葡萄畑 budōbatake
中文葡萄園 /葡萄园 pútáoyuán
Portuguêsvinhedo, vinha
Françaisvignoble, vigne
DeutschWeinberg, Weingarten
Italianovigna, vigneto
Ελληνικάαμπέλι ampéli
Românăvie
Русскийвиногра́дник vinográdnik
العربيةكَرْم karm
עבריתכֶּרֶם kérem

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@misc{vineyard_2026,
  title = {vineyard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vineyard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}