platy

See also: Platy, platy-, płaty, and платы

English

Etymology 1

From plate +‎ -y.

The dexter base of these arms is platy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: plāʹtē, IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪti/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

platy (comparative platier, superlative platiest)

1. Resembling plates.
2. (heraldry) Semy of plates (roundels argent).

   Alternative form: platé

   • 1877, The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist, page 19:

     Gules, a saltire argent within a bordure sable bezantée (sic C., but Papworth cites, p. 1069, from A., per saltire gules and sable, a saltire argent, and a bordure of the 2nd platy).

   • 1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 97:

     [...] fretty gules besanty / here the besants are placed at the intersection of the pieces of the fretty. A similar coat, Or, fretty gules platy, is an old coat of VERDON; and Or, fretty sable platy is the canting coat of PLATT.

   • 1965, R. H. Wilmott, Discovering Heraldry:

     Or, a fess dancetty of two points gules masoned argent; on a chief azure a representation of Maidenhead Bridge over water barry wavy in base. 212. Argent, a fess gules between 3 astral crowns azure. 213. Sable platy, a pile barry […]

   • 1983, Charles Boutell, Boutell's Heraldry, Frederick Warne Publishers:

     Sable platy, two flaunches argent - Spelman (159). Gules, five lozenges conjoined in bend argent - Raleigh (160).

3. (geology, mineralogy) Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral.

Related terms

• plate
• plated

See also

	metals		main colours				less common colours
tincture	or	argent	gules	azure	sable	vert	purpure	tenné	orange	sanguine
depiction
roundel (in parentheses: semé):	bezant (bezanty)	plate (platy)	torteau (tortelly)	hurt (hurty)	pellet (pellety), ogress	pomme	golpe (golpy)	orange (semé of oranges)		guze (semé of guzes)
goutte (noun) / gutty (adj) thereof:	(goutte / gutty) d'or (of gold)	d'eau (of water)	de sang (of blood)	de larmes (of tears)	de poix (of pitch)	d'huile / d'olive (olive oil)
	special roundel	furs								additional, uncommon tinctures:
tincture	fountain, syke: barry wavy argent and azure	ermine	ermines, counter-ermine	erminois	pean	vair	counter-vair	potent	counter-potent	bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey
depiction

Etymology 2

blue platy

red wagtail platy

Translingual: Platypoecilus (“former genus of platys”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: plătʹē, IPA^(key): /ˈplæti/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Noun

platy (plural platys or platies or platy)

1. Any of two species (and hybrids) of tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (which also includes the swordtails).

   I had a mixed community aquarium with several tetras, two mollies, some corydoras catfish, and a platy from a previous tank.

Usage notes

• Many named varieties of platy have been bred.

Derived terms

• common platy (Xiphophorus maculatus)
• moon platy
• platyfish
• southern platy (Xiphophorus maculatus)
• variatus platy, variegated platy, variable platy (Xiphophorus variatus)

References

• Xiphophorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Xiphophorus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Xiphophorus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• aptly, patly, typal

Finnish

Etymology

From English platy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑty/, [ˈplɑ̝t̪y]
• Rhymes: -ɑty
• Syllabification^(key): pla‧ty

Noun

platy

1. platy (either of two species Xiphophorus maculatus and X. variatus, and their hybrids)

Declension

Inflection of platy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		platy	platyt
genitive		platyn	platyjen
partitive		platya	platyja
illative		platyyn	platyihin
		singular	plural
nominative		platy	platyt
accusative	nom.	platy	platyt
	gen.	platyn
genitive		platyn	platyjen
partitive		platya	platyja
inessive		platyssa	platyissa
elative		platysta	platyista
illative		platyyn	platyihin
adessive		platylla	platyilla
ablative		platylta	platyilta
allative		platylle	platyille
essive		platyna	platyina
translative		platyksi	platyiksi
abessive		platytta	platyitta
instructive		—	platyin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of platy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative platyni platyni accusative nom. platyni platyni gen. platyni genitive platyni platyjeni partitive platyani platyjani inessive platyssani platyissani elative platystani platyistani illative platyyni platyihini adessive platyllani platyillani ablative platyltani platyiltani allative platylleni platyilleni essive platynani platyinani translative platykseni platyikseni abessive platyttani platyittani instructive — — comitative — platyineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative platysi platysi accusative nom. platysi platysi gen. platysi genitive platysi platyjesi partitive platyasi platyjasi inessive platyssasi platyissasi elative platystasi platyistasi illative platyysi platyihisi adessive platyllasi platyillasi ablative platyltasi platyiltasi allative platyllesi platyillesi essive platynasi platyinasi translative platyksesi platyiksesi abessive platyttasi platyittasi instructive — — comitative — platyinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative platymme platymme accusative nom. platymme platymme gen. platymme genitive platymme platyjemme partitive platyamme platyjamme inessive platyssamme platyissamme elative platystamme platyistamme illative platyymme platyihimme adessive platyllamme platyillamme ablative platyltamme platyiltamme allative platyllemme platyillemme essive platynamme platyinamme translative platyksemme platyiksemme abessive platyttamme platyittamme instructive — — comitative — platyinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative platynne platynne accusative nom. platynne platynne gen. platynne genitive platynne platyjenne partitive platyanne platyjanne inessive platyssanne platyissanne elative platystanne platyistanne illative platyynne platyihinne adessive platyllanne platyillanne ablative platyltanne platyiltanne allative platyllenne platyillenne essive platynanne platyinanne translative platyksenne platyiksenne abessive platyttanne platyittanne instructive — — comitative — platyinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative platynsa platynsa accusative nom. platynsa platynsa gen. platynsa genitive platynsa platyjensa partitive platyaan platyansa platyjaan platyjansa inessive platyssaan platyssansa platyissaan platyissansa elative platystaan platystansa platyistaan platyistansa illative platyynsa platyihinsa adessive platyllaan platyllansa platyillaan platyillansa ablative platyltaan platyltansa platyiltaan platyiltansa allative platylleen platyllensa platyilleen platyillensa essive platynaan platynansa platyinaan platyinansa translative platykseen platyksensa platyikseen platyiksensa abessive platyttaan platyttansa platyittaan platyittansa instructive — — comitative — platyineen platyinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• kirjoplaty

 

Further reading

• “platy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03