platy

== English == === Etymology 1 === From plate +‎ -y. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: plāʹtē, IPA(key): /ˈpleɪti/ Rhymes: -eɪti ==== Adjective ==== platy (comparative platier, superlative platiest) Resembling plates. (heraldry) Semy of plates (roundels argent). Alternative form: platé (geology, mineralogy) Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral. ===== Related terms ===== plate plated ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === Translingual: Platypoecilus (“former genus of platys”) ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: plătʹē, IPA(key): /ˈplæti/ Rhymes: -æti ==== Noun ==== platy (plural platys or platies or platy) Any of two species (and hybrids) of tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (which also includes the swordtails). ===== 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 Category: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 Hyphenation(key): pla‧ty === Noun === platy platy (either of two species Xiphophorus maculatus and X. variatus, and their hybrids) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “platy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023