arrecife

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ifi, (Portugal) -ifɨ Hyphenation: a‧rre‧ci‧fe === Noun === arrecife m (plural arrecifes) alternative form of recife === Further reading === “arrecife”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “arrecife”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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) Rhymes: -ife Syllabification: a‧rre‧ci‧fe === Noun === arrecife m (plural arrecifes) (geography) reef Synonym: escollo m Hyponym: arrecife de coral (“coral reef”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “arrecife”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025