écueil

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French escueil, borrowed from Old Occitan escueyll, from Vulgar Latin *scoculum, from Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.kœj/ === Noun === écueil m (plural écueils) (shallow) reef, shelf, skerry Synonym: récif (figuratively) pitfall, stumbling block Synonym: pierre d'achoppement 1864, Rudolf Charles, Preface to Testament by Jean Meslier, page 9 === References === “écueil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012