plaice
English
/pleɪs/
noun
Definitions
- Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
Etymology
Derived from Old French plaiz derived from Latin platessa derived from Ancient Greek πλατύς (flat, broad, wide, smooth).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πλατύς
Gloss
flat, broad, wide, smooth
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
広
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *platta Latin
- *plattus Latin
- *plattus, *plat(t)us Latin
- fōrma, forma Latin
- platessa Latin
- plattus Latin
- platyrhynchos Latin
- platyrhynchus Latin
- pladijs Dutch, Flemish
- plat French
- πλατύς Ancient Greek
- *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pléth₂us Proto-Indo-European
- plata Old Norse
- pladisse Old French
- plaiz Old French
- plat Old French
- pladijs Middle Dutch