🇫🇷 francese

récif

masculine

le récif

reef

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récif
/lə ʁesif/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice récif in francese?

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/lə ʁesif/

How do you pronounce récif in francese?

récif is pronounced /lə ʁesif/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

Le récif corallien est magnifique et très ancien.

The coral reef is magnificent and very old. (masculine adjectives: corallien, magnifique, ancien agree with le récif)

Ce récif tropical est devenu un parc marin protégé.

This tropical reef has become a protected marine park. (masculine adjectives: tropical, protégé and demonstrative adjective ce agree with récif)

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Perché è masculine?

Récif is masculine. While the word does derive from Arabic "رصيف" (rasīf) meaning "reef" or "pavement," the explanation for its masculine gender is imprecise. In French, words ending in -f are typically masculine (e.g., neuf, chef, motif), which better accounts for récif's gender than the broader claim about consonant-final words. The Arabic borrowing into Old French is plausible given medieval Mediterranean trade, but the masculine gender is primarily maintained due to the -f ending pattern in French rather than Romance language conventions about consonant-final words.

Come si dice reef in francese?

In francese, reef si dice le récif — masculine.

Genere nelle altre lingue

LinguaParolaArticoloGenere
🇪🇸 Spanisharrecifeelmasculine

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