vintage

== English == === 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 === enPR: vĭnʹtĭj, IPA(key): /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/ === Noun === vintage (countable and uncountable, plural 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. The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking. The year or place in which something is produced. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === vintage (comparative more vintage, superlative most vintage) (attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage. (attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality. (attributively) Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.). (Of a motor car) built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA). (Of a watch) produced between the years 1870 and 1980. (Of an item of clothing) produced between the years of 1945 and 1970, during the post-war period. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: vintage → French: vintage → Polish: vintage → Spanish: vintage ==== Translations ==== === Verb === vintage (third-person singular simple present vintages, present participle vintaging, simple past and past participle vintaged) (transitive) To harvest (grapes). (transitive) To make (wine) from grapes. ==== Derived terms ==== vintaging ==== Translations ==== === See also === classic veteran === Further reading === “vintage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vintage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Vigeant, vagient == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English vintage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɪn.tɪtʃ/ Hyphenation: vin‧tage === Noun === vintage c (plural vintages, no diminutive) vintage (yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season) vintage (wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin) (uncountable) vintage clothing; (countable) piece of vintage clothing === Adjective === vintage (not comparable) vintage ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == 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) vintage ==== Usage notes ==== Mostly only used in compounds. === Further reading === “vintage”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English vintage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vin.tɛdʒ/, /vin.tidʒ/, /vɛ̃.taʒ/ === Adjective === vintage (plural vintages) vintage (clarification of this definition is needed) === Further reading === “vintage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English vintage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvin.tɘt͡ʂ/ Rhymes: -intɘt͡ʂ Syllabification: vin‧tage === Noun === vintage n (indeclinable) vintage (wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin) vintage (vogue for old items) === Further reading === “vintage”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbintet͡ʃ/ [ˈbĩn̪.t̪et͡ʃ] Rhymes: -intetʃ Syllabification: vin‧tage === Adjective === vintage m or f (masculine and feminine plural vintages) vintage (classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique) === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “vintage”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA