English Explanatory Dictionary

flathe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flan.
  2. A ray or skate (fish).

Pronunciation

/fleɪð/

Word forms

flathe flathes 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.

Related words

flathon
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