vintage
/ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/
vintage noun: the yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
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.
- 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.1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 1, in Tarzan of the Apes
- The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
- The year or place in which something is produced.
Adjective
vintage (comparative more vintage, superlative most vintage)
- Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
- Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
- built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
- produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
- produced between the years of 1945 and 1970, during the post-war period.
Verb
vintage (third-person singular simple present vintages, present participle vintaging, simple past and past participle vintaged)
- To harvest (grapes).
- To make (wine) from grapes.
vintage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vintage in Hindi
- विंटेज, विंटेजिंग, विन्टेजिंग
vintage in Tamil
- விண்டேஜ், விண்டேஜிங், வின்டேஜிங்
vintage in Marathi
- विंटेज, विंटेजिंग, विन्टेजिंग
vintage in Urdu
- فصل انگور, قطاف, انگور توڑنے کا موسم
More languagesFewer languages
- vintage in Bengali
- মদ, অতীত কালের
- vintage in Telugu
- వింటేజ్, వింటేజింగ్, వింటెజింగ్
- vintage in Malayalam
- നല്ല മുന്തിരിവിളവ് ലഭിച്ച പ്രദേശം, വർഷം
- vintage in Kannada
- ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿಯ ಸುಗ್ಗಿ, ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿಯ ಕೊಯ್ಲು, ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಾರಸ, ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ತಯಾರಾದ
- vintage in Punjabi
- ਵਿੰਟੇਜ, ਵਿੰਟੇਜਿੰਗ, ਵਿੰਟੈਜਿੰਗ
- vintage in Gujarati
- વિન્ટેજ, વિંટેજ, વિન્ટેજિંગ
- vintage in Odia
- ଭିଣ୍ଟେଜ୍, ଭିଣ୍ଟେଜିଂ
- vintage in Nepali
- विन्टेज, विन्टेजिङ, भिन्टेजिङ्ग
Examples of vintage in a sentence
- They went to the car show to see some vintage iron.
- He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
- We carry both vintage and nonvintage albums.
Forms of vintage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vintages |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more vintage |
| superlative | most vintage |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | vintages |
| present participle | vintaging |
| past participle | vintaged |
| past | vintaged |
Origin of vintage
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”).
Words formed from vintage
- make vintage
- unvintageable
- vintage port
- vintage shop
- vintage shout
- vintage store
- vintagey
- non-vintage
- nonvintage
- post-vintage thoroughbred
- rack vintage
- unvintaged
- vintage audio
- vintage base ball
- vintage car
- vintage chocolate
- vintage clothing
- vintage dance
- vintage guitar
- vintage jewellery
- vintage jewelry
- vintage model
- vintager
- vintage snowmobiling
- vintage song
- vintage spring
- vintage time
- vintage wine
- vintage year
- vintaging
Phrases with vintage
Questions about vintage
- What does vintage mean?
- Vintage means the yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
- What is vintage in Hindi?
- Vintage in Hindi is विंटेज, विंटेजिंग, विन्टेजिंग. See Vintage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vintage?
- Vintage can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce vintage?
- Vintage is pronounced /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of vintage?
- The plural of vintage is vintages.
Words near vintage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vintage (page history and authors); vintage (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vintage (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vintage (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vintage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vintage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vintage (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vintage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vintage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vintage (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vintage (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vintage (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vintage (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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