vintage
To harvestTo harvest (grapes).
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» What vintage is this wine?
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To harvest (grapes).
собира́ть
(transitive)To make (wine) from grapes.
Examples
40 sentencesWhat vintage is this wine?
Tom is wearing a vintage T-shirt.
Tom was wearing a vintage T-shirt.
He is buying a vintage hat.
ruОн покупает старинную шляпу. — marafon
We should preserve these vintage works.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage,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”).
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Forms
vintages, vintaging, vintaged, vintagedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.