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reef:
- falaise; récif; écueil; ariser; action d'ariser une voile
Wiktionary:
- reef → écueil, récif, filon
- reef → ariser, ris, récif, écueil

English

Detailed Translations for reef from English to French

reef:

reef [the ~] noun

the reef (cliff; shallows; rock)
la falaise; le récif; l'écueil
- falaise [la ~] noun
- récif [le ~] noun
- écueil [le ~] noun
the reef
l'ariser; l'action d'ariser une voile
- ariser [le ~] noun
- action d'ariser une voile [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for reef:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
action d'ariser une voile	reef
ariser	reef
falaise	cliff; reef; rock; shallows	cliff
récif	cliff; reef; rock; shallows	cheerfulness; flightiness; frivolity; frivolousness; lightheartedness; shallowness; superficiality; volatility
écueil	cliff; reef; rock; shallows	cheerfulness; flightiness; frivolity; frivolousness; lightheartedness; shallowness; superficiality; volatility
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	sunken rock

Related Words for "reef":

reefs

Synonyms for "reef":

ridge
Witwatersrand; Rand; Reef; region; part
lower; take down; let down; get down; bring down
roll up; furl
shrink; reduce

Related Definitions for "reef":

one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind¹
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water¹
reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef¹
roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area¹
lower and bring partially inboard¹
- reef the sailboat's mast¹

Wiktionary Translations for reef:

reef

noun

rocks at or near surface of the water
- reef → écueil; récif
large vein of auriferous quartz
- reef → filon

reef

noun

rocher ou chaîne de rochers à fleur d’eau, dans la mer.
- récif → reef
marine|fr rocher, banc de sable, de coquillages, de corail, que l’on rencontre dans la mer à la surface ou près de la surface des eaux, et contre lequel les navires courent le risque de se briser ou de s’échouer.
- écueil → reef

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• reef	→ ariser	↔ reven — het effectieve oppervlak verkleinen door samenvouwing of oprolling
• reef	→ ris	↔ reef — een strook van het zeiloppervlak dat tijdelijk kan worden opgevouwen of opgerold
• reef	→ récif; écueil	↔ Riff — meist lang gestreckte, oft auch reihenartige, felsenartige oder sandbankartige Aufragung des Meeresgrundes, welches sich mit seiner höchsten Stelle je nach mittlerem Wasserstand kurz unterhalb, teilweise unter- und oberhalb oder kurz oberhalb desselben befindet

Reef:

Translation Matrix for Reef:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	Rand; Witwatersrand

Related Definitions for "Reef":

a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese¹

External Machine Translations:

Related Translations for reef

coral reef

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