Recife

See also: recife

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Recife

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Recife, from recife (“reef”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsiːfi/, /ɹɪˈsiːfə/
• Rhymes: -iːfi, -iːfə
• Hyphenation: Re‧ci‧fe

Proper noun

Recife

1. A municipality, the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil.
   • 2022, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, there are more things, Abacus (2023), pages 229-230:

     The veranda was shaded by the roof, and from the shade you could see [...] the skyscrapers and the tower blocks of the city of Recife.

Translations

state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil

Arabic: رِيسِيفِي m (rīsīfī) Chinese: Mandarin: 累西腓 (Léixīféi), 海息飛 / 海息飞 (Hǎixīfēi) French: Recife (fr) m, Récife m Greek: Ρεσίφε n (Resífe) Hindi: रिसीफ़ी f (risīfī) Japanese: レシフェ (Reshife), レシーフェ (Reshīfe) Korean: 헤시피 (hesipi) Marathi: रेसिफी f (resiphī) Portuguese: Recife (pt) m Russian: Реси́фе n (Resífe), Реси́фи n (Resífi) Spanish: Recife m Telugu: రెసిఫ్ ? (resiph)

Anagrams

• fierce

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Recife

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

From recife (“reef”), of Arabic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.fi/ [heˈsi.fi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.fi/ [heˈsi.fi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.fi/ [χeˈsi.fi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsi.fe/ [heˈsi.fe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsi.fɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ifi, (Portugal) -ifɨ

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Homophone: recife
• Hyphenation: Re‧ci‧fe

Proper noun

Recife m

1. Recife (a municipality, the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil)

Derived terms

• recifense

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Recife

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Recife, from recife (“reef”). Doublet of arrecife.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈθife/ [reˈθi.fe] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /reˈsife/ [reˈsi.fe] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ife
• Syllabification: Re‧ci‧fe

Proper noun

Recife m

1. Recife (a municipality, the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil)

Derived terms

• recifeño