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- [vin-tij]
- /ˈvɪn tɪdʒ/
- /ˈvɪn.tɪdʒ/
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- [vin-tij]
- /ˈvɪn tɪdʒ/
Definitions of vintage word
- noun vintage the wine from a particular harvest or crop. 1
- noun vintage the annual produce of the grape harvest, especially with reference to the wine obtained. 1
- noun vintage an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year. 1
- noun vintage the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking. 1
- noun vintage the act or process of producing wine; winemaking. 1
- noun vintage the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use: a hat of last year's vintage. 1
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Origin of vintage
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English (noun) < Anglo-French, equivalent to vint(er) vintner + -age -age; replacing Middle English vindage, vendage < Anglo-French; Old French vendange < Latin vīndēmia grape-gathering, equivalent to vīn(um) grape, wine + -dēmia a taking away (dēm(ere) to take from (see redeem) + -ia -y3)
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Parts of speech for Vintage
noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vintage popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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adj vintage
- age-old — An age-old story, tradition, or problem has existed for many generations or centuries.
- anachronistic — You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- anachronous — relating to anachronism; misplaced chronologically
- back number — A back number of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- blowsy — (esp of a woman) untidy in appearance; slovenly or sluttish
noun vintage
- byproduct — A byproduct is something that is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
- crop — Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.
- fruitage — the bearing of fruit: soil additives to hasten the fruitage.
- gleanings — the act of a person who gleans.
- yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
adjective vintage
- antique — An antique is an old object such as a piece of china or furniture which is valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
- classic — A classic example of a thing or situation has all the features which you expect such a thing or situation to have.
- esthetic — Alternative spelling of aesthetic.
- fossilised — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fossilized.
- oldfangled — old-fashioned; of an older or former kind.
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