récif

French

récif

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁe.sif/
Audio (file)

Noun

récif m (plural récifs)

reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)
Synonym: écueil

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Romanian: recif

Further reading

“récif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.