flathe

== English == === Alternative forms === flath === Etymology === From Middle English flathe (“flat fish”), from Old English *flaþa ("flatcake"; found only in compound flæþecomb, fleþecomb (“weaver's comb”)), from Proto-West Germanic *flaþō (“flatcake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”). Cognate with Dutch vla, vlade (“baked custard, pancake”), Middle Low German vlade (“flatcake”), German Fladen (“a flatcake, cowpatty”). Related to flan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fleɪð/ Rhymes: -eɪð === Noun === flathe (plural flathes) A flan. (dialectal) A ray or skate (fish). ==== Related terms ==== flathon == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fflathe, fflath === Etymology === Inherited from Old English *flaþa, from Proto-West Germanic *flaþō. Doublet of flathon and flaun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflaːð(ə)/ === Noun === flathe (rare, Late Middle English) A ray or skate. ==== Descendants ==== English: flathe, flath ==== References ==== “flāthe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 February 2019.