dace

From Old French dars, nominative form of dart (“dace”). For a similar loss of R compare bass.

• IPA^(key): /deɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs

dace (plural dace or daces)

1. The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 3,

     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.

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

• -cade, CEDA, Cade, aced, cade, deca-, ecad

• IPA^(key): [ˈda.t͡ʃe]

dace f pl or n pl

1. nominative feminine plural of dac
2. accusative feminine plural of dac
3. nominative neuter plural of dac
4. accusative neuter plural of dac

dace f pl

1. plural of dacă