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)

1. 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.