récif
French
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récif
Etymology
From Arabic الرَصِيف (ar-raṣīf, “the platform”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.sif/
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Noun
récif m (plural récifs)
- reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)
- Synonym: écueil
Derived terms
- récif corallien
- récifal
Descendants
- → Romanian: recif
Further reading
- “récif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.