vendenge

== Old French == === Alternative forms === vendeigne, venenge, venoinge === Etymology === From Latin vindēmia. === Pronunciation === (archaic) IPA(key): /venˈdend͡ʒə/ (classical) IPA(key): /vanˈdand͡ʒə/ (late) IPA(key): /vanˈdanʒə/ === Noun === vendenge oblique singular, m (oblique plural vendenges, nominative singular vendenges, nominative plural vendenge) vintage (harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking) ==== Descendants ==== Bourguignon: venoinge Champenois: venainge French: vendange → Middle English: vendage (see there for further descendants) === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “vĭndēmia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 14: U–Z, page 465