vintage

Etymology

From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vīndēmia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + emō (“acquire, obtain”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: vĭnʹtĭj, IPA^(key): /ˈvɪn.tɪdʒ/

Noun

vintage (countable and uncountable, plural vintages)

1. The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
2. Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
3. The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
4. The year or place in which something is produced.

Adjective

vintage (comparative more vintage, superlative most vintage)

1. (attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
2. (attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality
3. (attributively) Classic (such as video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, or old magazines, etc.).
4. (attributively) Of a motor car, built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
5. Of a watch, produced between the years 1870 and 1980.

Verb

vintage (third-person singular simple present vintages, present participle vintaging, simple past and past participle vintaged)

1. (transitive) To harvest (grapes).
2. (transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.

See also

• classic
• veteran

Further reading

• vintage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• vintage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Vigeant, vagient

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛ̃.taʒ/

Adjective

vintage (plural vintages)

1. vintage

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.

Adjective

vintage (plural vintages)

1. vintage