vendace

ven·dace

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ven-dis, -deys]
- /ˈvɛn dɪs, -deɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ven-dis, -deys]
- /ˈvɛn dɪs, -deɪs/

Definitions of vendace word

noun plural vendace a whitefish, Coregonus vandesius, inhabiting lakes in Scotland and England. 1
noun vendace either of two small whitefish, Coregonus vandesius (Lochmaben vendace) or C. gracilior (Cumberland vendace), occurring in lakes in Scotland and NW England respectively 0
noun vendace any of various European whitefishes (genus Coregonus) of the lakes of England and Scotland 0

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Origin of vendace

First appearance:

before 1690

One of the 49% oldest English words

1690-1700; orig. Scots, apparently < French vandoise, Old French vendoise any of various cyprinid fish (< Gallo-Romance *vindisia, probably derivative of Celtic *wind- white, bright; compare Old Irish find, Welsh gwyn); perhaps conflated with a local Scots word (compare the variant gevenaces)

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Parts of speech for Vendace

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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vendace popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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