playce
Middle English
Alternative forms
- place, plaice, plais, plaisse, plays, playsce, playse, playsse, playys, playz, pleyse
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French plaiz, plaise, from Late Latin platessa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplɛi̯s(ə)/
Noun
playce (plural playces or playce)
- The European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) or a similar flatfish.
Descendants
- English: plaice (obsolete plaise)
- >? Scots: plash
References
- “plais(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.