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vendace

/ˈvɛndɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
ven-dace
IPA
/ˈvɛndɪs/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots vendace, from Middle Scots *vendois, *vendis, from Middle French vendoise, vandoise (“dace”), from Old French vendoise, vandoise, from Late Latin *vindēsia, *vindisia, from Gaulish *windēsyā, from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”). Compare modern French vandoise (“dace”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *vendois, vendoise, *vindēsia, *windos

Inflected Forms

vendaces (plural)

Synonyms

European cisco

Rhymes With

pendice

Questions

How do you pronounce vendace?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɛndɪs/.
What does vendace mean?
Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.
Where does vendace come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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