Noun: plaice
| Singular | plaice |
| Plural | plaice; plaices |
Sample Sentences
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Plaice, and flat fish of all kinds, are taken from the jetties at Yarmouth; and, by taking a boat, good sport may be had chopsticking for marckerel, whiting, and haddock, large quantities of these fish being caught here by this popular method. [1892, Ernest R. Suffling, The Land of the Broads, Stratford: Benjiman Perry, page 306:]
Nouns inflected like plaice
seiyuu,
sensei,
senryu,
whaanau,
xianbing,
samlor,
salumi,
salmon,
sika deer,
shrimp,
shumai,
eastern moa,
Guarani-Kaiowá,
northern shrimp,
izakaya,
pūkeko,
autopaizuri,
yukata,
yueqin,
panzerotti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English playce, plays, from Old French plaiz, from Late Latin platessa, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad”). See platy-, plat and flat. See: Middle English Nouns '
playce', Middle English Nouns '
playce'.
Verbs referencing "plaice"
Dutch Nouns
pladijs.