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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vin•tage /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. - Wine[countable] the wine from a particular harvest or crop, esp. a very fine wine from the crop of a good year.
- the output of a particular time or year;
a collection of things manufactured or in use at the same time:[uncountable]a car of 1917 vintage.
adj. [before a noun] - Winebeing of a specified vintage:a 1978 vintage wine.
- representing the high quality of a past time;
classic:those old, vintage movies. - being the best of its kind;
choice:a vintage Shakespearean performance.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vin•tage (vin′tij),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -taged, -tag•ing. n. - Winethe wine from a particular harvest or crop.
- Winethe annual produce of the grape harvest, esp. with reference to the wine obtained.
- Winean exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year.
- Winethe time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking.
- Winethe act or process of producing wine;
winemaking. - the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use:a hat of last year's vintage.
adj. - Wineof or pertaining to wines or winemaking.
- Winebeing of a specified vintage:Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines.
- representing the high quality of a past time:vintage cars; vintage movies.
- old-fashioned or obsolete:vintage jokes.
- being the best of its kind:They praised the play as vintage O'Neill.
v.t. - Wineto gather or harvest (grapes) for wine-making:The muscats were vintaged too early.
- Wineto make (wine) from grapes:a region that vintages a truly great champagne.
v.i. - Wineto harvest grapes for wine-making.
- Latin vīndēmia grape-gathering, equivalent. to vīn(um) grape, wine + -dēmia a taking away (dēm(ere) to take from (see redeem) + -ia -y3)
- Anglo-French; Old French vendange
- Anglo-French, equivalent. to vint(er) vintner + -age -age; replacing Middle English vindage, vendage
- late Middle English (noun, nominal) 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vintage /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/ n - the wine obtained from a harvest of grapes, esp in an outstandingly good year, referred to by the year involved, the district, or the vineyard
- the harvest from which such a wine is obtained
- the harvesting of wine grapes
- the season of harvesting these grapes or for making wine
- a time of origin: a car of Edwardian vintage
- informal a group of people or objects of the same period: a fashion of last season's vintage
adj - (of wine) of an outstandingly good year
- representative of the best and most typical: vintage Shakespeare
- of lasting interest and importance; venerable; classic: vintage films
- old-fashioned; dated
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French vendage (influenced by vintener vintner), from Latin vindēmia, from vīnum wine, grape + dēmere to take away (from dē- away + emere to take) |