vintage

noun

vin·​tage ˈvin-tij 

1

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

Examples of vintage in a Sentence

a piano of 1845 vintage

Recent Examples on the Web

Before heading out, peep the vintage Pizza Hut lamp in the bathroom. —Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026

Iranian flags of pre-1979 revolution vintage — flags that many Iranian-Americans wave as a protest against the current regime in Tehran — are banned from the match, per FIFA. —Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 8 June 2026

Besides writing and travel, Jennifer enjoys spending time by the water, '80s music, being with family, and obsessing over her latest vintage finds. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026

Australia Journey Beyond, an Australian experiential tourism business, offers cruises and vintage rail journeys throughout the country. —Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

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

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

Phrases Containing vintage

• vintage year

Rhymes for vintage

• mintage

Kids Definition

vintage

noun

vin·​tage

ˈvint-ij

1

a

: the grapes or wine produced during one season

b

: wine entry 1 sense 1

2

: a period in which something was made or was begun

a violin of 1820 vintage

vintage adjective

Etymology

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