platija
Spanish
Etymology
From plato (“platter”) + -ijo (“indicating a diminutive or pejorative quality”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plaˈtixa/ [plaˈt̪i.xa]
- Rhymes: -ixa
- Syllabification: pla‧ti‧ja
Noun
platija f (plural platijas)
- (ichthyology) European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)
- (ichthyology) European flounder (Platichthys flesus)
Hypernyms
Further reading
- “platija”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024