Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dace

/deɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: dace
IPA: /deɪs/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.

noun

Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees."

Etymology

Old variant of earlier darse, from Late Middle English darse (also as dace already), from Old French darz, oblique plural form of dart (“spear; javelin”). For a similar loss of r, compare bass, while for the pronunciation with /eɪ/, see scarce.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: darse, darz

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

daces (plural)

Derived Forms

dacelike

Phrases

honed dace Japanese dace sea dace

Synonyms

dare dart leuciscus leuciscus

Rhymes With

place case face space face-to-face race base worst-case replace grace chase pace

Questions

How do you pronounce dace?: The recorded pronunciation is /deɪs/.
What does dace mean?: A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
Where does dace come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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