plaice
/pleɪs/
plaice noun: pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
Noun
plaice (plural plaice or plaices)
- Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
- 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
- Synonyms:
- plaice-fluke, Dutch plaice
- Hippoglossoides platessoides (American plaice), of the North American Atlantic.
- Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus (Alaska plaice), of the eastern North Pacific.
- Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi (scale-eye plaice), of the western North Pacific.
- Liopsetta glacialis (polar plaice)
Proper noun capitalized: Plaice
Plaice
- A surname.
plaice meaning in Tamil
plaice in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Synonyms of plaice
- plaice-fluke
- Dutch plaice
Forms of plaice
| plural | plaice |
|---|---|
| plural | plaices |
| alternative form (obsolete) | plaise |
Origin of plaice
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.
Phrases with plaice
Words that rhyme with plaice
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- embrace
- lace
- replace
- mace
- displace
- bass
- efface
- disgrace
- pes
- abase
- debase
- deface
- interlace
- misplace
- retrace
- white space
- bouillabaisse
- dace
- enlace
- grimace
- nominative case
- red in the face
- -ase
- abaisse
- acoustic bass
- aggrace
- Alsace
- apace
- artspace
- encase
- gather pace
- Harbour Grace
- Havre de Grace
- heart of grace
- into space
- Jace
- Jase
- laisse
- misgrace
- Naas
- outpace
- reys
- supplace
- Thrace
- torace
Questions about plaice
- What does plaice mean?
- Plaice means pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
- What is plaice in Tamil?
- Plaice in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Plaice meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is plaice?
- Plaice can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce plaice?
- Plaice is pronounced /pleɪs/.
- What is the plural of plaice?
- The plural of plaice is plaice.
Words near plaice in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plaice (page history and authors); Plaice (page history and authors); plaice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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