English Explanatory Dictionary

vineyard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of wine.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area and the Hawkesbury council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪn.jɚd/ /ˈvaɪn.jɑrd/ /ˈvɪn.jəd/ /ˈvɪnˌjɑːd/ en-us-vineyard.ogg

Word forms

vineyard vineyards vinyard

Etymology

Equivalent to vine + yard; from Middle English vyneȝerd (circa 1300), following earlier Old English wīnġeard (“wine yard, vine yard”), with vine (from Old French vigne (“vine, vineyard”), from Latin vīnea) replacing native Old English wīn (“wine, vine”). The earlier wīnġeard may have had the sense of “vine” already, with /w/ → /v/ facilitated by common v-/w- interchange. Compare Dutch wijngaard (literally “wine garden”) and German Weingarten alongside contracted Wingert. (Dutch gaard, German Garten are cognate to English yard.)

Related words

viticulture winery

Derived words

envineyard Martha's Vineyard vineyarded vineyarding vineyardist vineyard leek vineyard seating vineyard snail vineyard sprayer's lung
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