Vintage Meaning
/ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
nounWine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
Sentence Examples
He is buying a vintage hat.
She sells a vintage hat.
I bought it at the vintage clothing store.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The collector bought a 1965 bottle of wine, a rare ____ that was very expensive.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is a collector of ____ cars, and he spends most of his weekends restoring several old and rare models today.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The collector bought a 1965 bottle of wine, a rare ____ that was very expensive.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is a collector of ____ cars, and he spends most of his weekends restoring several old and rare models today.