récif
French, noun/ʁe.sif/
récif is a French masculine noun meaning “reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rocher ou chaîne de rochers à fleur d’eau, dans la mer”.
What does récif mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereef (rocks at or near surface of the water)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rocher ou chaîne de rochers à fleur d’eau, dans la mer. 2. Massif corallien qui forme des écueils, des barrières.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of récif
- récifs plural
- rescif
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce récif?
- /ʁe.sif/
- \ʁe.sif\
- [ʁe.sif]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to récif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is récif in French?
récif appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).