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Translate cliff from English to French

Summary

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cliff:
- falaise; pente excarpée; récif; écueil
Wiktionary:
- cliff → falaise, corniche, escarpement
- cliff → écueil, falaise

English

Detailed Translations for cliff from English to French

cliff:

cliff [the ~] noun

the cliff

– a steep high face of rock ¹
la falaise; la pente excarpée
- falaise [la ~] noun
- pente excarpée [la ~] noun
the cliff (reef; shallows; rock)
la falaise; le récif; l'écueil
- falaise [la ~] noun
- récif [le ~] noun
- écueil [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for cliff:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
falaise	cliff; reef; rock; shallows
pente excarpée	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
-	drop; drop-off

Related Words for "cliff":

cliffs

Synonyms for "cliff":

drop; drop-off; geological formation; formation

Related Definitions for "cliff":

a steep high face of rock¹
- he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town¹

Wiktionary Translations for cliff:

cliff

noun

a (near) vertical rock face
- cliff → falaise

cliff

noun

Route de montagne qui surplombe un précipice
- corniche → cliff; mountain; corniche
pente raide.
- escarpement → cliff; escarpment
Masse de terres et de rochers en escarpement au bord de la mer
- falaise → cliff

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• cliff	→ écueil; falaise	↔ klif — steile hoge rots
• cliff	→ écueil	↔ Klippe — ein Felsenriff, welches über die Wasseroberfläche ragt, (auch an Land) eine alleinstehende, abschüssige Felsengruppe im Gebirge

Related Translations for cliff

chalk-cliff

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University