arrecife

Portuguese

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic الرَصِيف (ar-raṣīf, “the platform”).

Noun

arrecife m (plural arrecifes)

1. reef

Synonyms

• recife
• restinga (Portugal)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (arraṣíf), from Arabic رَصِيف (raṣīf, “platform”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arrecife m (plural arrecifes)

1. reef

Hyponyms

• arrecife de coral (“coral reef”)

Derived terms

• arrecifal

Further reading

• “arrecife”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014