vintage

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
2. (countable, uncountable) Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
3. (countable, uncountable) The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
4. (countable, uncountable) The year or place in which something is produced.

Adj

1. (attributive) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
2. (attributive) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
3. (attributive) Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
4. (attributive) Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
5. (attributive) Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).

Verb

1. (transitive) To harvest (grapes).
2. (transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: vendage

Cognate with French: vendange

In summary

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”).

Synonyms

grape harvest

wine

🍷

time of origin

harvest

vintage wine

out of date

time

⌚

volume

gathering grapes

o gather grapes

vendemmia

age

vine harvest

crop

gathering

grape gathering

grape picking

Translations

vendimia

vendange

vendemmia

Jahrgang

Traubenlese

vindima

récolte

Weinlese

millésime

τρύγος

annata

winobranie

τρυγητός

collita

verema

Sentences

The main palace is surrounded by out buildings of later vintage .