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English

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Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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.
    • 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.
  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.

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Translations

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 (attributively) Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
    1. (Of a motor car) built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
    2. (Of a watch) produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
    3. (Of an item of clothing) produced between the years of 1945 and 1970, during the post-war period.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → French: vintage
  • → Polish: vintage
  • → Spanish: vintage

Translations

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.

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Finnish

Etymology

From English vintage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋintɑɡe/, [ˈʋin̪t̪ɑ̝ɡe̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋintedʒ/, [ˈʋin̪t̪e̞dʒ]
  • Rhymes: -intɑɡe
  • Syllabification(key): vin‧ta‧ge
  • Hyphenation(key): vin‧ta‧ge

Adjective

vintage (not comparable, indeclinable)

  1. vintage

Usage notes

Mostly only used in compounds.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vintage (plural vintages)

  1. vintage (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English vintage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvin.tɘt͡ʂ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -intɘt͡ʂ
  • Syllabification: vin‧tage

Noun

vintage n (indeclinable)

  1. vintage (wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin)
  2. vintage (vogue for old items)

Further reading

  • vintage in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbintit͡ʃ/ [ˈbĩn̪.t̪it͡ʃ], /ˈbintat͡ʃ/ [ˈbĩn̪.t̪at͡ʃ], /binˈtat͡ʃ/ [bĩn̪ˈt̪at͡ʃ]
  • Rhymes: -intitʃ, -intatʃ, -atʃ
  • Syllabification: vin‧ta‧ge

Adjective

vintage m or f (masculine and feminine plural vintages)

  1. vintage
    Synonym: antiguo

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “vintage”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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