recife

See also: Recife

Portuguese

recife

Alternative forms

• arrecife (from الرَصِيف (ar-raṣīf))

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic رَصِيف (raṣīf).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsi.fɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ifi, (Portugal) -ifɨ

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Homophone: Recife
• Hyphenation: re‧ci‧fe

Noun

recife m (plural recifes)

1. (geography) reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)

   Synonyms: abrolho m, (of sand) baixio m, escolho m, (Portugal) restinga f

Coordinate terms

• atol

Derived terms

• Recife
• recifoso

Further reading

• “recife”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “recife”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026