noun

vintage

VIHN-tihj

noun

The year or place a wine (or similar product) comes from, especially when it indicates quality.

"This bottle is from an excellent vintage."

adj

Old and of high quality; representing the best of a particular period.

"He collects vintage motorcycles from the 1960s."

"She wore a vintage dress she found at a charity shop."

Typical of someone's best, most characteristic style or work.

"That sarcastic comeback was vintage him."

How to Use Vintage

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSomething old-fashioned but valued for its quality or style — or, for wine, the year it was made.

Common mistake

Vintage isn't the same as antique: vintage usually means decades old and stylish, while antique traditionally means at least 100 years old.

Common pairings

a vintage wine vintage clothing vintage car

more vintage comparative, vintaged past tense, vintages plural, vintages singular, most vintage superlative

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This bottle is from an excellent _____.

From Old French vendage, "grape harvest," from Latin vindēmia, from vīnum ("wine") + dēmere ("to take away").

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