arrecife
Portuguese, noun/a.ʁeˈsi.fi/
arrecife is spelled A-R-R-E-C-I-F-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 162,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrecife is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of recife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que recife”.
What does arrecife mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of recife
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que recife
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arrecife
- arrecifes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrecife?
- Brazil /a.ʁeˈsi.fi/
- Brazil [a.heˈsi.fi]
- /a.ʁeˈsi.fi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arrecife
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arrecife in Portuguese?
arrecife appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).