cliff

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: klĭf, IPA(key): /klɪf/, [kʰl̥ɪf] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kləf/, [kʰl̥əf] Rhymes: -ɪf === Etymology 1 === From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic *klibą. ==== Noun ==== cliff (plural cliffs) A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. Synonym: precipice, scar Hyponym: escarpment Coordinate term: bluff (figurative) A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== cliff (plural cliffs) (music) Obsolete form of clef. === Further reading === cliff on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kliːf/ === Noun === cliff m (plural cliffiau) (music) obsolete form of cleff === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cleff”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies