# platy
## English
### Etymology 1

From plate +‎ -y.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: plāʹtē, IPA: /ˈpleɪti/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Adjective

platy (comparative platier, superlative platiest)
* Resembling plates.
* (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).
* (geology, mineralogy) Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral.

##### Related terms

* plate
* plated

#### See also

| | metals | metals | main colours | main colours | main colours | main colours | less common colours | less common colours | less common 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) | 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 | furs | furs | furs | furs | furs | furs | 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 | | | | | | | | | | bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey |

### Etymology 2

Translingual: Platypoecilus (“former genus of platys”)

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: plătʹē, IPA: /ˈplæti/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### 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).
    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: /ˈplɑty/, [ˈplɑ̝t̪y]
* Rhymes: -ɑty
* Hyphenation: pla‧ty

### Noun

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

#### Declension

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

* 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