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dace
- /deɪs/
Rhymes with -eɪs
Where it comes from
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.
noun dace · daces
- A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe. 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.
- Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.
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Talk about this word "dace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dace. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dace. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dace "dace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dace.Cite this
@misc{dace_2026,
title = {dace},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dace},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
