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dace — ● dace adjectif et nom De Dacie. 1. dace [das] adj. et n. ÉTYM. Av. 1740; lat. Dacius. ❖ ♦ Hist. Qui se rapporte à la Dacie (nom de la région correspondant à l actuelle Roumanie avant la colonisation romaine) ou à ses habitants. ⇒ aussi Dacique.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Dace — (d[=a]s), n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See {Dart} a javelin.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small European cyprinoid fish ({Leuciscus leuciscus}, formerly {Squalius… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dace — dace; ven·dace; … English syllables
dace — [dās] n. pl. dace or daces [ME, dial. form (with r loss as in BASS2) of dars < OFr dars < VL darsus, of Gaul orig.] any of various small, freshwater cyprinoid fishes (esp. genera Phoxinus and Rhinichthys) … English World dictionary
dace — (n.) small, freshwater fish, early 15c., from O.Fr. darz, nominative or plural of dart dart (see DART (Cf. dart)). So called for its movements. Another theory traces it to a M.L. darsus, said to be of Gaulish origin … Etymology dictionary
dace — DACE, Dacia, Transsylvanie, Transsyluania, à present ditte Moldauia, et par les Hongres Sibenbourg, c est à dire Septencastrensis, ou Septemcastra, ou Les sept chasteaux, fut par les anciens appelée Dacia … Thresor de la langue françoyse
dace — DACE. s. f. Taxe qui se leve sur le peuple. Les daces & imposts … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
dace — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a small freshwater fish related to the carp. ORIGIN Old French dars (see DART(Cf. ↑dart)) … English terms dictionary
Dace — A dace is any of a number of species of small fish. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the Common Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus). This, like most fishes called daces , belongs to the family Cyprinidae, mostly in subfamily Leuciscinae.… … Wikipedia
dace — /days/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) dace, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) daces. 1. a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body. 2. any of several similar or related fishes of … Universalium
Dace — Cet article concerne la langue dace. Pour le peuple dace, voir Daces. Les langues thraco illyriennes, dont le Dace. Le dace (dit gète par les Grecs) est une des langues de l antiquité, aujourd hu … Wikipédia en Français
