Meanings
plural vendaces
- Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.
Synonyms: European cisco
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEither of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.
Origin
- Proto-Celtic*windos“white”
- Gaulish*windēsyā
- Late Latin*vindēsia
- Old Frenchvendoise
- Middle Frenchvendoise
- Middle Scots*vendois
- Scotsvendace
- Englishvendace
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”).
More words from Scots, Middle Scots, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian рипус
- рипус (ripus)Coregonus albula
Catalan corègon blanc
- corègon blancCoregonus albula
Czech síh malý
- síh malýCoregonus albula
Danish heltling
- heltlingCoregonus albula
Dutch kleine marene
- kleine mareneCoregonus albula
Esperanto koregono
- koregonoCoregonus albula
Estonian rääbis, euroopa rääbis
- rääbisCoregonus albula
- euroopa rääbisCoregonus albula
Finnish muikku
- muikkuCoregonus albula
French corégone blanc
- corégone blancCoregonus albula
German Kleine Maräne, Zwergmaräne
- Kleine MaräneCoregonus albula
- ZwergmaräneCoregonus albula
- KaisermaräneCoregonus albula
Hungarian törpemaréna
- törpemarénaCoregonus albula
Icelandic hvítfiskur
- hvítfiskurCoregonus albula
Italian coregone bianco
- coregone biancoCoregonus albula
Latvian repsis
- repsisCoregonus albula
Lithuanian seliava
- seliavaCoregonus albula
Norwegian Bokmål lagesild, vemme
- lagesildCoregonus albula
- vemmeCoregonus albula
Polish sielawa
- sielawaCoregonus albula
Russian ряпушка, рипус
- ряпушка (rjapuška)Coregonus albula
- рипус (ripus)Coregonus albula
- килец (kilec)Coregonus albula
Spanish coregono blanco
- coregono blancoCoregonus albula
Swedish siklöja, mujka
- siklöjaCoregonus albula
- mujkaCoregonus albula
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vendace
All rhymes →Cite this entry
vendace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vendace
“vendace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vendace. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vendace,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vendace.
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