dace
/deɪs/
dace noun: a shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
Noun
dace (plural dace or 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.1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 3
- Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.
dace meaning in Tamil
dace in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Synonyms of dace
Forms of dace
| plural | dace |
|---|---|
| plural | daces |
Origin of dace
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.
Words formed from dace
Words that rhyme with dace
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- embrace
- lace
- replace
- mace
- displace
- bass
- efface
- plaice
- disgrace
- pes
- abase
- debase
- deface
- interlace
- misplace
- retrace
- white space
- bouillabaisse
- enlace
- grimace
- nominative case
- red in the face
- -ase
- abaisse
- acoustic bass
- aggrace
- Alsace
- apace
- artspace
- encase
- gather pace
- Harbour Grace
- Havre de Grace
- heart of grace
- into space
- Jace
- Jase
- laisse
- misgrace
- Naas
- outpace
- reys
- supplace
- Thrace
- torace
Questions about dace
- What does dace mean?
- Dace means a shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
- What is dace in Tamil?
- Dace in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Dace meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dace?
- Dace is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dace?
- Dace is pronounced /deɪs/.
- What is the plural of dace?
- The plural of dace is dace.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dace (page history and authors); dace (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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