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vin·tage (v

1. The yield of wine or grapes from a vineyard or district during one season.

2. Wine, usually of high quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.

3. The year or place in which a wine is bottled.

a. The harvesting of a grape crop.

b. The initial stages of winemaking.

5. Informal

a. A group or collection of people or things sharing certain characteristics.

b. A year or period of origin: a car of 1942 vintage.

c. Length of existence; age.

adj.

1. Of or relating to a vintage.

2. Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic.

3. Old or outmoded.

a. Of the best: played songs that were vintage Cole Porter.

b. Of the most distinctive: "Fatalism has coexisted with vintage American overconfidence" (Thomas Oliphant).

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, alteration (influenced by viniter, vintner) of Old French vendange, from Latin vndmia : vnum, grapes + dmere, to take off (d, de- + emere, to obtain; see em- in Indo-European roots).]

vintage [ˈvɪntɪdʒ]

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) 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

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the harvest from which such a wine is obtained

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)

a. the harvesting of wine grapes

b. the season of harvesting these grapes or for making wine

4. a time of origin a car of Edwardian vintage

5. Informal a group of people or objects of the same period a fashion of last season's vintage

adj

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (of wine) of an outstandingly good year

2. representative of the best and most typical vintage Shakespeare

3. of lasting interest and importance; venerable; classic vintage films

4. old-fashioned; dated

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to gather (grapes) or make (wine)

[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)]

Vintage wine made from the grape-crop of a certain district in a certain year, 1746.

Example: vintage of divinity, 1607.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	vintage - a season's yield of wine from a vineyard vino, wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially)
	2.	vintage - the oldness of wines time of origin oldness - the quality of being old; the opposite of newness

vintage

noun

1. (always used of wines) harvest, year, crop, yield This wine is from one of the best vintages of the decade.

2. era, period, origin, sort, type, generation, stamp, epoch, ilk, time of origin a Jeep of World War Two vintage

adjective

1. (always used of wines) high-quality, best, prime, quality, choice, select, rare, superior Gourmet food and vintage wines are also part of the service.

2. classic, old, veteran, historic, heritage, enduring, antique, timeless, old-world, age-old, ageless This is vintage comedy at its best. vintage, classic and racing cars

Translations

vintage [ˈvɪntɪdʒ]

A. N (= season, harvest) → vendimia f; (= year) → cosecha f, añada f
the 1970 vintage → la cosecha de 1970
it will be a good vintage → la cosecha será buena
it was a vintage performance → fue una actuación memorable
this film is vintage Chaplin → ésta es una película clásica de Chaplin, esta película es un clásico de Chaplin
it has been a vintage year for plays → ha sido un año destacado en lo que a teatro se refiere

B. CPD vintage car N → coche m de época, coche m antiguo(fabricado entre 1919 y 1930)
vintage wine N → vino m añejo

vintage [ˈvɪntɪdʒ]

n [wine] → millésime m
the 1970 vintage → le millésime 1970

adj

[champagne, port] (= from a particular vintage) → millésimé(e)
non-vintage champagne → champagne non millésimé

[aircraft] → d'époque

(= classic)
This is vintage comedy at its best → C'est le summum des grands classiques de la comédie.
vintage car n → voiture f d'époque
vintage wine n

(from a particular year) → vin m millésimé
non-vintage wines → vins non millésimés

(= good wine) → grand vin m
vintage year n
a vintage year for Burgundy → une bonne année pour le bourgogne

vintage

(= given year) (of wine, fig) → Jahrgang m; (of car) → Baujahr nt

(= wine of particular year) the 1984 vintage → der Jahrgang 1984, der 84er

(= harvesting, season) → Weinlese f, → Weinernte f

adj attr (= old) → uralt; (= high quality) → glänzend, hervorragend; this typewriter is a vintage model → diese Schreibmaschine hat Museumswert; a vintage performance from Humphrey Bogart → eine einmalige künstlerische Leistung Humphrey Bogarts

vintage:

vintage car

n → Vorkriegsmodell nt, → Vintage-Car nt

vintage port

n → Vintage-Port m, schwerer Port eines besonderen Jahrgangs

vintage shop

n (US) → Secondhandladen m

vintage wine

n → edler Wein

vintage year

n a vintage for wine → ein besonders gutes Weinjahr; a vintage for Burgundy → ein besonders gutes Jahr für Burgunder; it was a vintage for investment → es war ein ausgezeichnetes Jahr für Investitionen

vintage [ˈvɪntɪdʒ] n (harvest) → vendemmia; (season) → periodo della vendemmia; (year) → annata
what vintage is this wine? → di che annata è questo vino?
the 1980 vintage → il vino del 1980

vintage

n vintage [ˈvintidʒ]

(a wine from) the grape-harvest of a certain (particularly good) year What vintage is this wine?; a vintage year (= a year in which good wine was produced); vintage port (= port from a vintage year). goeie jaar موسِم جَنْي العِنَب реколта (dobrý) ročník årgang; årgangs- der Jahrgang σοδειά, τρύγος cosecha; (de) añada (veini) aastakäik محصول انگور یا شراب هر سال vuosikerta (bonne) année יַיִן מִבָּצִיר שֶׁל- अंगूर इकठ्ठा करने का समय berba szüret; évi bortermés; vmilyen évjárat(ú bor) tahun pembuatan (góður) árgangur; ársuppskera annata; vendemmia 当り年のぶどうの収穫 포도의 수확 (geras) vynuogių derlius, (vieno derliaus) vynuogių vynas vīnogu novākšana/raža vintaj wijnoogst, goed wijnjaar (god) årgang (dobry) rocznik ano de produção recoltă, producţie a unui an вино урожая определённого года úroda vína; ročník, al. druh vína letnik vina kvalitetno vino god årgång เหล้าองุ่น bağ bozumu 特定(尤指豐收)年份葡萄採收，或以其製成的葡萄酒 врожай певного року کسي مخصوص سال کے انگور کي شراب mùa hái nho 葡萄收获期

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