arrecife

Portuguese

Etymology

Arabic الرَصِيف (ar-raṣīf, “the platform”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁeˈsi.fi/ [a.heˈsi.fi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁeˈsi.fi/ [a.heˈsi.fi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁeˈsi.fi/ [a.χeˈsi.fi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁeˈsi.fe/ [a.heˈsi.fe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɨˈsi.fɨ/

Noun

arrecife m (plural arrecifes)

1. reef

   Synonyms: recife, (Portugal) restinga

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic الرَّصِيف (ar-raṣíf), from Arabic رَصِيف (raṣīf, “platform”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /areˈθife/ [a.reˈθi.fe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /areˈsife/ [a.reˈsi.fe]

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• Rhymes: -ife
• Syllabification: a‧rre‧ci‧fe

Noun

arrecife m (plural arrecifes)

1. reef

   Synonym: escollo

Hyponyms

• arrecife de coral (“coral reef”)

Derived terms

• arrecifal

 

Further reading

• “arrecife”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28