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Meaning of "plaice" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLAICE

From Old French plaïz, from Late Latin platessa flatfish, from Greek platus flat.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLAICE

plaice  [pleɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAICE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plaice is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLAICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

plaice

Plaice

Plaice is a common name used for a group of flatfish. There are four species in the group, the European, American, Alaskan and scale-eye plaice. Commercially the most important plaice is the European plaice. This is the principal commercial flatfish in Europe. It is also widely fished recreationally, has potential as an aquaculture species, and is kept as an aquarium fish. Also commercially important is the American plaice. The term plaice comes from the 14th century Anglo-French plais. This in turn comes from the late Latin platessa, meaning flatfish, which originated from the Greek platys, meaning broad.

Definition of plaice in the English dictionary

The definition of plaice in the dictionary is a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, having an oval brown body marked with red or orange spots and valued as a food fish: family Pleuronectidae. Other definition of plaice is any of various other fishes of the family Pleuronectidae, esp Hippoglossoides platessoides.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLAICE


anyplace
ˈɛnɪˌpleɪs
birthplace
ˈbɜːθˌpleɪs
catalase
ˈkætəˌleɪs
commonplace
ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs
displace
dɪsˈpleɪs
emplace
ɪmˈpleɪs
enlace
ɪnˈleɪs
everyplace
ˈɛvrɪˌpleɪs
fireplace
ˈfaɪəˌpleɪs
homeplace
ˈhəʊmˌpleɪs
lace
leɪs
Lovelace
ˈlʌvˌleɪs
marketplace
ˈmɑːkɪtˌpleɪs
phosphorylase
fɒsˈfɒrɪˌleɪs
place
pleɪs
replace
rɪˈpleɪs
shoelace
ˈʃuːˌleɪs
showplace
ˈʃəʊˌpleɪs
someplace
ˈsʌmˌpleɪs
workplace
ˈwɜːkˌpleɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAICE

plaguy
plaid
Plaid Cymru
plaidman
plain
plain chocolate
plain clothes
plain flour
plain language
Plain of Jezreel
Plain of Sharon
plain sailing
plain speaking
plain text
plain turkey
plain yoghurt
plain-clothes
plain-laid
plain-spoken
plainant

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAICE

advice
Alice
at a price
at any price
chief of police
choice
customer service
device
dice
ice
justice
malice
nice
notice
office
once or twice
police
practice
price
saice

Synonyms and antonyms of plaice in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «plaice» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLAICE

Find out the translation of plaice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plaice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plaice» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鲽鱼 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

platija
570 millions of speakers

English

plaice
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक प्रकार की मछली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سمك موسى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

камбала
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

linguado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বোয়াল-জাতীয় মত্স্যবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carrelet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Plak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Scholle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツノガレイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가자미류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plaice
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá chim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

plaice
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्लॅस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaldızlı pisibalığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

platessa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gładzica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

камбала
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cambulă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χωματίδας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rödspätta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rødspette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plaice

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAICE»

The term «plaice» is regularly used and occupies the 98.384 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAICE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «plaice» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «plaice» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plaice

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAICE»

Discover the use of plaice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plaice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fillets of Plaice
At that moment came a noise like somebody breaking the backbone of a whale and the palm leaf punka crashed straight onto the table, one end of it completely obliterating the District Commissioner. ‘Oh my God!’ screamed Mary, upsetting ...
Gerald Durrell, 2012
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Plaice investigations in Icelandic waters
Dansk resumé.
Åge Vedel Tåning, 1929
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On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations
13.1 Plaice age-composition (1929-38) 181 13.2 Haddock age-composition ( 1923-38) 181 13.3 Plaice. Apparent total mortality coefficients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 13.4 Haddock. Apparent total mortality coefficients .. .. .. .. .. .. 181 14.1 Table of ...
Raymond J.H. Beverton, Sidney J. Holt, 1993
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Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts
There are suggestions that bottom trawling may have positive effects on the secondary production of small worms, and thereby increase food production for flatfish, such as juvenile plaice Pleuronectes platessa that feed on small soft- bodied ...
Michel J Kaiser, 2011
5
Fish Behavior and Its Use in the Capture and Culture of ...
The Migration of Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in Relation to the Environment F. R. Harden Jones Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Fisheries Laboratory Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT England Harden Jones, F.R. 1980. The migration ...
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, 1980
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Beyond the Catch: Fisheries of the North Atlantic, the North ...
Flatfish like flounder and plaice, were caught on the coast in great quantities. The flatfish fishery was part of the coastal fishery. According to De Vries and Van der Woude, large quantities of fish from the coastal fishery were sold in the fifteenth ...
Louis Sicking, Darlene Abreu-Ferreira, 2009
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Culture Wars: Context, Models and Anthropologists' Accounts
Context, Models and Anthropologists' Accounts Dr. Deborah James, Evelyn Mary Plaice, Christina Toren. Chapter 3 'Making Indians': Debating Indigeneity in Canada and South Africa Evie Plaice For a rather slim document, the Canadian ...
Dr. Deborah James, Evelyn Mary Plaice, Christina Toren, 2010
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World Fisheries: A Social-Ecological Analysis
The North Sea “plaice box" is an MPA designed to protect juvenile and under- sized plaice from the high levels of mortality associated with discarding: that is, the metric of interest is “the proportion of catch discarded as undersized plaice”.
Rosemary Ommer, Ian Perry, Kevern L. Cochrane, 2011
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Essential Fish Habitat Source Document American Plaice, ...
Original publisher: Woods Hole, Mass.
U.S. Government, 2011
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Managing European Coasts: Past, Present and Future
2000) or plaice (Piet and Rijnsdorp 1998). Along the Netherlands, German and Danish coast, an area called "plaice box" was established in 1 989 in order to diminish mortality of fish juveniles. The "box" was intended to cover the major ...
Jan Vermaat, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plaice is used in the context of the following news items.
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How to spend 24 hours in Glasgow's Merchant City
Or, if you're feeling less than flush, we could suggest a jaunt to the Saltmarket, and Glasgow's Fish Plaice. It does what it says on the tin, really ... «WOW24/7, Jul 15»
2
More than pot luck: Swansea fisherman Nigel Sanders awarded for …
He said there were skate, plaice and Dover sole in Swansea Bay, but that small quotas had persuaded him to try for whelks instead. «South Wales Evening Post, Jul 15»
3
Chippy shortlisted in list of country's best
... Chip Shop, Stornoway; Cromars, StAndrews; Fochabers Fish Bar; The Trawler, Golspie; Forehill Cafe,Ayr and The Plaice To Be, Kilmarnock. «The Galloway Gazette, Jul 15»
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Infinity Night Club will be opening in Leek over the next few weeks
Richard Maddick, who has run Picton Plaice Fish and Chip Shop in Leek for eight years, has taken on a lease for the building to run the Russell ... «Leek Post & Times, Jul 15»
5
The Three Crowns: New head chef talks about his favourite …
Some of the seasonal ingredients we are using here at the Three Crowns are plaice, broad beans, Jersey Royals and gooseberries. We are ... «Saddleworth Independent, Jul 15»
6
Free portion of regular tasty chips on offer with the Bells at Belton's …
Lucky Epworth Bells readers are being offered a free regular bag of chips from one of the Isle's most popular fish and chip takeaways, Plaice 2 ... «Epworth Bells, Jul 15»
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Mojito and chips? Cocktail-serving Fish and Chip Kitchen opens in …
THE 'PLAICE' TO GO: The Fish and Chip Kitchen is set to open in Princes Avenue, west Hull. From left, Jenny Tasker, Maria Hood, Helen ... «Hull Daily Mail, Jul 15»
8
We'll batter our rivals...
And now its team of five staff is hoping it will earn a top “plaice” as the competition hots up. The tasty takeaway in Vine Drive, Wivenhoe, has ... «Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Harbour master pays tribute to Conwy fisherman Brian Hughes
“I was just talking to him the day before he went missing where he was telling me about what a good catch of plaice he had, and this news ... «North Wales Pioneer, Jul 15»
10
North Sea fish stocks on the rise, according to new statistics
... annual State of the Stocks review in Brussels, said the recovery for some species, like plaice and hake, was nothing less than remarkable. «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»

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