arrecife

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɨˈsi.fɨ/

Noun

arrecife m (plural arrecifes)

reef
Synonyms: recife, (Portugal) restinga

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic الرَّصِيف (ar-raṣíf), from Arabic رَصِيف (raṣīf, “platform”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /areˈθife/ [a.reˈθi.fe]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /areˈsife/ [a.reˈsi.fe]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -ife
Syllabification: a‧rre‧ci‧fe

Noun

arrecife m (plural arrecifes)

reef
Synonym: escollo

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

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