récif

French

récif

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.sif/

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Noun

récif m (plural récifs)

1. 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.