vinage
French, noun/vi.naʒ/
vinage is spelled V-I-N-A-G-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vinage is a French masculine noun meaning “an ancient manorial right to produce wine on one's land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancien droit seigneurial sur les vins produits ou transportés sur leurs terres”.
What does vinage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean ancient manorial right to produce wine on one's land
- 2
masculinethe addition of alcohol to wine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancien droit seigneurial sur les vins produits ou transportés sur leurs terres. 2. Action d’ajouter de l’alcool au vin.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vinage
- vinages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vinage?
- /vi.naʒ/
- \vi.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vinage in French?
vinage appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).