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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin platessa.
Noun
platessa f (plural platesse)
- plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
Further reading
- platessa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad”).
Pronunciation
Noun
platessa f (genitive platessae); first declension
- (Late Latin) flatfish, plaice
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “platessa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- platessa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.