arrecife

Portuguese

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]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ifi, (Portugal) -ifɨ
  • Hyphenation: a‧rre‧ci‧fe

Noun

arrecife m (plural arrecifes)

  1. alternative form of recife

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Arabic رَصِيف (raṣīf), via Andalusian Arabic. Doublet of Recife.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arrecife m (plural arrecifes)

  1. (geography) reef
    Synonym: escollo m
    Hyponym: arrecife de coral (“coral reef”)

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