What does vinted mean?
Vinted is chiefly used as an informal verb meaning to list an unwanted item for sale on the Vinted online marketplace or to sell it there. The marketplace specializes in second-hand clothing but also connects buyers and sellers of shoes, accessories, and other used goods. A typical statement such as “She vinted several winter coats” describes the practical process of giving garments a new owner while recovering a little money for the seller. The word is platform-specific, informal, and especially familiar in Britain, the United States, and other European markets where Vinted has a strong user base. As a proper noun, Vinted names the company and its marketplace. The spelling can also resemble an ordinary English past-tense form, but the principal modern verb meaning comes from the platform rather than from native English morphology. An older, uncommon sense survives through the verb vint, meaning to sell wine.
To list an item for sale or sell an item through the Vinted marketplace. In the uncommon older verb vint, it also means the simple past tense of “to sell wine.”
"He vinted his old wardrobe before moving abroad."
The marketplace sense is informal and generally refers to second-hand clothing and accessories.
A resale marketplace founded in Lithuania in 2008 on which people buy and sell used clothing, shoes, accessories, and other items.
"She found a nearly new winter coat on Vinted."
The name is normally capitalized when referring to the platform or its operator.
A single word can turn an old wardrobe into a marketplace: once something is vinted, it is ready for its next life.
Reviewed by Deb Chak, Editor. AI-assisted content curated by RJS Tech Solutions LLP.
Etymology of vinted
Vinted is the name of a resale marketplace founded in Lithuania in 2008, and it does not descend from an Old English or other native English word. Its familiar verb use developed from speakers describing items they had listed or sold through the platform. The modern marketplace sense is therefore quite different from the older form meaning the past tense of vint, “to sell wine.”
How vinted is actually used
The marketplace sense is informal and platform-dependent. The name is normally capitalized when referring to the company or service, although lowercase is common in casual online writing. The wine-selling sense belongs to the uncommon verb vint and is now unlikely in ordinary use.
Easily confused with vinted
The uncommon verb vint means to sell wine, and vinted is one of its inflected forms; in contemporary marketplace slang, however, vinted normally means listed or sold through Vinted.