Recife

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

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

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.

• fierce

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

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

• Audio (Brazil):

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

Recife m

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

• recifense

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

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

Recife m

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