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): /ˈplæi̯s(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.

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