vintage
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vintage
- /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/
Where it comes from
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 (“take”).
noun 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. 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.
adjective more vintage · most vintage
- Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
- Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
- built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
- produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
- produced between the years of 1945 and 1970, during the post-war period.
verb vintages · vintaging · vintaged
- To harvest (grapes).
- To make (wine) from grapes.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cru, crop, harvesting, harvest, year, old, antiquity, ancient, collector, ancestral, generation, aboriginal, excellent, add, paperback, historic
Translations
Every language
noun yield of grapes during one season
| Español | vendimia |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 年份 niánfèn |
| Português | vindima |
| Deutsch | Traubenlese |
| Italiano | vendemmia |
| Русский | урожа́й urožáj |
noun wine identified by year and vineyard
| Español | cosecha |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Jahrgang |
| Русский | вино́ урожа́я vinó urožája |
noun harvesting of a grape and initial pressing for winemaking
| Español | vendimia |
|---|---|
| Français | vendange |
| Deutsch | Lese |
| Italiano | vendemmia |
| Русский | сбор |
noun year or place something is produced
| Español | data |
|---|---|
| Français | récolte, cru |
| Deutsch | Jahrgang |
| Русский | год god |
adj relating to a vintage or to wine identified by a specific vintage
| Español | cosecha |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Jahrgang-, Jahrgangs- |
| Русский | ма́рочный máročnyj, вы́держанный výderžannyj |
adj having an enduring appeal; classic
| Español | vintage |
|---|---|
| Русский | класси́ческий klassíčeskij |
adj of a car, built between 1919 and 1930
| Português | antigo |
|---|
verb to harvest grapes
| Русский | собира́ть |
|---|
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title = {vintage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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