vendace
/ˈvɛndɪs/noun
vendace is a noun meaning “Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-N-D-A-C-E, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vendace is vendaces.
What does vendace mean?
noun
- 1
Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vendace?
- /ˈvɛndɪs/
- /ˈvɛndeɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vendace.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vendace
- vendaces plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vendace?
Vendace appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vendace in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Coregonus albula:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | corégone blanc |
| German | Kleine Maräne, Zwergmaräne, Kaisermaräne |
| Spanish | coregono blanco |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vendace come from?
Borrowed from Scots vendace, from Middle Scots *vendois, *vendis, from Middle French vendoise, vandoise (“dace”), from Old French vendoise, vandoise, from Late Latin *vindēsia, *vindisia, from Gaulish *windēsyā, from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”). Compare modern French vandoise (“dace”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).