récif

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic الرَصِيف (ar-raṣīf, the platform).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁe.sif/
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Noun

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récif m (plural récifs)

  1. reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)
    Synonym: écueil
    • 1870, Jules Verne, chapter 23, in Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers [Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]‎[1], Paris: J. Hetzel et Compagnie, part 1:
      Les récifs étaient encore nombreux, mais plus clairsemés, et relevés sur la carte avec une extrême précision.
      The reefs were still numerous, but more equalised, and marked on the chart with extreme precision.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Romanian: recif

Further reading

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