Vintageとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: vĭnʹtĭj, IPA^(key): /ˈvɪn.tɪdʒ/

名詞

vintage (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 vintages)

1. The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
2. Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
   • 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 1, in Tarzan of the Apes:

     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.

3. The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
4. The year or place in which something is produced.

派生語

• make vintage

形容詞

vintage (comparative more vintage, superlative most vintage)

1. (attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
2. (attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
3. (attributively) Classic (such as watches, video または computer games from the 1980s かつ early 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
   1. (Of a motor car) built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (または sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
   2. (Of a watch) produced between the years 1870 and 1980.

派生語

派生した語

• → French: vintage
• → Polish: vintage
• → Spanish: vintage

動詞

vintage (三人称単数 現在形 vintages, 現在分詞 vintaging, 過去形および過去分詞形 vintaged)

1. (transitive) To harvest (grapes).
2. (transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.

派生語

• vintaging

参考

• classic
• veteran

Further reading

• vintage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vintage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

アナグラム

• Vigeant, vagient