different between dace vs dece

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Noun

dace (plural dace or daces)

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

     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.

Synonyms

• dare, dart

Translations

Anagrams

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?da.t??e]

Adjective

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

Noun

dace f pl

1. plural of dac?

English

Etymology

Shortening of decent.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?s, IPA^(key): /di?s/
• Rhymes: -i?s

Adjective

dece (comparative more dece, superlative most dece)

1. (slang) decent; reasonably good
   • 1993, "Chris L Concepcion", Re: _Bad Voltage_ (on newsgroup alt.cyberpunk)

     I'm sorry but this book did not quite move me. Yeah, the slang wuz kewl, the attitude was neat, and the music was dece (if you read the book four years ago) but it's not THE BEST READ I've ever had […]

   • 2006, "[email protected]", Re: Callahan race, post-Regionals (on newsgroup rec.sport.disc)

     Salad and Franchise both played ridiculously well after we took our lead, especially considering the ridiculous conditions of the game. I suppose the rest of Texas was dece as well, good for you […]

Anagrams

• cede

Corsican

Alternative forms

• deci

Etymology

From Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *dé?m?. Cognates include Italian diece and Portuguese dez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?det??e/
• Hyphenation: de?ce

Numeral

dece

1. ten

References

• “dece, deci” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Esperanto

Etymology

deca +? -e

Adverb

dece

1. properly, fittingly

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de.tse/

Numeral

dece

1. ten

Middle English

Noun

dece

1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)