vintage

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noun

vin·​tage ˈvin-tij How to pronounce vintage (audio)
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a(1)
: a season's yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard
(2)
: wine
especially : a usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year
b
: a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things : crop
2
: the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine
3
a
: a period of origin or manufacture
a piano of 1845 vintage
b
: length of existence : age

vintage

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adjective

1
of wine : of, relating to, or produced in a particular vintage
2
: of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality : classic
3
a
: dating from the past : old
4
: of the best and most characteristic
used with a proper noun
vintage Shaw: a wise and winning comedyTime

Examples of vintage in a Sentence

Noun a piano of 1845 vintage Adjective the designer's bracelets and necklaces have the vintage look of jewelry from the 1920s
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Noun
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Adjective
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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, probably alteration of vendage, from Anglo-French vendage, vendenge, from Latin vindemia grape-gathering, vintage, from vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off, from de- + emere to take — more at wine, redeem

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Adjective

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of vintage was in the 15th century

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“Vintage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vintage. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

vintage

noun
vin·​tage
ˈvint-ij
1
a
: the grapes or wine produced during one season
2
: a period in which something was made or was begun
a violin of 1820 vintage
vintage adjective
Etymology

Noun

Middle English vintage, an altered form of vendage "the grapes picked during a season," from early French vendage, vendenge (same meaning), from Latin vindemia (same meaning), from vinum "wine, grapes" and demere "to take off" — related to vine, vinegar

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