name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.
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Standard Lemma guide
cliff
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɪf
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klĭf
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New-Zealand: /kləf/
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name
Meaning 2
A surname.
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Meaning 3
An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
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Meaning 4
A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.
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Meaning 5
A hamlet in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2198).
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Meaning 6
A neighbourhood, The Cliff, in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8201).
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Meaning 7
A small settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland, appearing on OS maps as Cliobh (OS grid ref NB0835).
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noun
Meaning 8
A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- , scar
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Synonyms: precipice
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noun
Meaning 9
A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 10
Obsolete form of clef.
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Usage: alt-of, obsolete
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 11
a steep high face of rock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town
- a steep drop
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drop, drop-off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geological formation, formation
Narrower terms: crag, precipice
History
Etymology
The given name is from shortenings of the diminutives. The surname is from the noun cliff.
From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.
Across languages
Translations
177 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: shkëmb — a (near) vertical rock face
- Southern Altai: кайа (kaya) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Southern Altai: таш (taš) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Arabic: جُرْف (jurf) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Aragonese: penya — a (near) vertical rock face
- Armenian: ժայռ (žayṙ) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Azerbaijani: sıldırım — a (near) vertical rock face
- Bashkir: ҡая (qaya) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Basque: labar — a (near) vertical rock face
- Belarusian: скала́ (skalá) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Belarusian: уцёс (ucjós) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Belarusian: ўцёс (wcjos) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Belarusian: кліф (klif) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Eastern Bontoc: chopras — a (near) vertical rock face
- Eastern Bontoc: oto — a (near) vertical rock face
- Eastern Bontoc: teng-el — a (near) vertical rock face
- Bouyei: baangxbyal — a (near) vertical rock face
- Breton: tornaod — a (near) vertical rock face
- Bulgarian: стръмна скала (strǎmna skala) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Burmese: နတ်သမီးကမ်းပါး (natsa.mi:kam:pa:) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Catalan: penya-segat — a (near) vertical rock face
- Cebuano: pangpang — a (near) vertical rock face
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵖⵓⵍⵉⴷ (aɣulid) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Chinese Cantonese: 懸崖 /悬崖 (jyun4 ngaai4) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Chinese Mandarin: 峭壁 (qiàobì) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Chinese Mandarin: 懸崖 /悬崖 (xuányá, xuányái) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Czech: útes — a (near) vertical rock face
- Danish: klint — a (near) vertical rock face
- Dutch: klip — a (near) vertical rock face
- Dutch: klif — a (near) vertical rock face
- Esperanto: krutaĵo — a (near) vertical rock face
- Esperanto: klifo — a (near) vertical rock face
- Estonian: kalju — a (near) vertical rock face
- Faroese: klettur — a (near) vertical rock face
- Faroese: berg — a (near) vertical rock face
- Faroese: hamar — a (near) vertical rock face
- Finnish: kalliojyrkänne — a (near) vertical rock face
- Finnish: jyrkänne — a (near) vertical rock face
- French: falaise — a (near) vertical rock face
- North Frisian: klap — a (near) vertical rock face
- West-Frisian: klippe — a (near) vertical rock face
- Galician: cantil — a (near) vertical rock face
- Galician: acantilado — a (near) vertical rock face
- Galician: barronqueira — a (near) vertical rock face
- Galician: esfragadoiro — a (near) vertical rock face
- Galician: penagallo — a (near) vertical rock face
- Galician: pariñeira — a (near) vertical rock face
- Georgian: ფრიალო კლდე (prialo ḳlde) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Georgian: ციცაბო კლდე (cicabo ḳlde) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Georgian: კლიფი (ḳlipi) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Georgian: ალპინისტის მთა (alṗinisṭis mta) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Georgian: ხრამი (xrami) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Georgian: ქარაფი (karapi) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Georgian: კლდე (ḳlde) — a (near) vertical rock face
- German: Klippe — a (near) vertical rock face
- German: Felsen — a (near) vertical rock face
- Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍉 (driusō) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Greek: βουνοπλαγιά (vounoplagiá) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Greek: κλιτύς (klitýs) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Greek: πρανές (pranés) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Greek: γκρεμός (gkremós) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Ancient Greek: κρημνός (krēmnós) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Gujarati: કરાડ (karāḍ) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Gujarati: ભેખડ (bhekhaḍ) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Hawaiian: pali — a (near) vertical rock face
- Hebrew: צוק (tsuq) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Hindi: चट्टान (caṭṭān) — a (near) vertical rock face
- White Hmong: tsua — a (near) vertical rock face
- Hungarian: szirt — a (near) vertical rock face
- Icelandic: klettur — a (near) vertical rock face
- Icelandic: berg — a (near) vertical rock face
- Icelandic: bjarg — a (near) vertical rock face
- Icelandic: hamar — a (near) vertical rock face
- Ido: klifo — a (near) vertical rock face
- Tuwali Ifugao: dopla — a (near) vertical rock face
- Ilocano: dirraas — a (near) vertical rock face
- Indonesian: tebing — a (near) vertical rock face
- Interlingua: precipitio — a (near) vertical rock face
- Irish: aill — a (near) vertical rock face
- Italian: rupe — a (near) vertical rock face
- Italian: scogliera — a (near) vertical rock face
- Italian: costone — a (near) vertical rock face
- Italian: dirupo — a (near) vertical rock face
- Italian: crinale — a (near) vertical rock face
- Italian: falesia — a (near) vertical rock face
- Japanese: 崖 (gake) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Lubuagan Kalinga: angit — a (near) vertical rock face
- Lubuagan Kalinga: chigchig — a (near) vertical rock face
- Southern Kalinga: ipngas — a (near) vertical rock face
- Kannada: ಕಮರಿ (kamari) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Kazakh: құз (qūz) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Kazakh: жартас (jartas) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Kazakh: жар (jar) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Khmer: ច្រាំងភ្នំ (craŋ pnum) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Konkani: दोंगर (doṅgar) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Korean: 절벽 (jeolbyeok) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Korean: 벼랑 (byeorang) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Kumyk: къая (qaya) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Kumyk: таш (taş) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Kyrgyz: таш (taş) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Lao: ຜາ (phā) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Latgalian: radze — a (near) vertical rock face
- Latin: rūpēs — a (near) vertical rock face
- Latvian: klints — a (near) vertical rock face
- Lithuanian: klifas — a (near) vertical rock face
- Macedonian: спила (spila) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Malagasy: kôrnisy — a (near) vertical rock face
- Malay: cenuram — a (near) vertical rock face
- Malayalam: പാറ (pāṟa) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Manx: eaynin — a (near) vertical rock face
- Middle English: clyf — a (near) vertical rock face
- Middle English: clough — a (near) vertical rock face
- Middle English: hough — a (near) vertical rock face
- Mongolian: хад цохио (xad coxio) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Nepali: भीर (bhīra) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Norman: falaise — a (near) vertical rock face
- Norman: falaîthe — a (near) vertical rock face
- Norwegian Bokmål: klippe — a (near) vertical rock face
- Norwegian Nynorsk: klippe — a (near) vertical rock face
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hamar — a (near) vertical rock face
- Occitan: bauç — a (near) vertical rock face
- Old English: clif — a (near) vertical rock face
- Old Norse: klettr — a (near) vertical rock face
- Old Norse: berg — a (near) vertical rock face
- Old Norse: hamarr — a (near) vertical rock face
- Persian: پرتگاه (partgâh) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Polish: klif — a (near) vertical rock face
- Portuguese: penhasco — a (near) vertical rock face
- Portuguese: falésia — a (near) vertical rock face
- Romanian: stâncă — a (near) vertical rock face
- Romanian: faleză — a (near) vertical rock face
- Romanian: pantă — a (near) vertical rock face
- Russian: скала́ (skalá) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Russian: утёс (utjós) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Russian: клиф (klif) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Samoan: tofo — a (near) vertical rock face
- Sanskrit: भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Scots: craig — a (near) vertical rock face
- Scots: cleuch — a (near) vertical rock face
- Scottish Gaelic: creag — a (near) vertical rock face
- Serbo-Croatian: литица — a (near) vertical rock face
- Serbo-Croatian: хрид — a (near) vertical rock face
- Serbo-Croatian: litica — a (near) vertical rock face
- Serbo-Croatian: hrid — a (near) vertical rock face
- Slovak: útes — a (near) vertical rock face
- Slovene: klif — a (near) vertical rock face
- Lower Sorbian: skała — a (near) vertical rock face
- Lower Sorbian: skalina — a (near) vertical rock face
- Spanish: acantilado — a (near) vertical rock face
- Spanish: precipicio — a (near) vertical rock face
- Spanish: risco — a (near) vertical rock face
- Spanish: despeñadero — a (near) vertical rock face
- Swedish: klippa — a (near) vertical rock face
- Tagalog: dahilig — a (near) vertical rock face
- Tagalog: duminding — a (near) vertical rock face
- Tagalog: dalisdis — a (near) vertical rock face
- Tagalog: talampas — a (near) vertical rock face
- Tajik: партгоҳ (partgoh) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Tamil: செங்குத்துப் பாறை (ceṅkuttup pāṟai) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Tarifit: addar — a (near) vertical rock face
- Thai: ผา (pǎa) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Turkish: uçurum — a (near) vertical rock face
- Turkish: yar — a (near) vertical rock face
- Turkish: falez — a (near) vertical rock face
- Ottoman Turkish: قیا (kaya) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Ottoman Turkish: یار (yar) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Turkmen: uçut — a (near) vertical rock face
- Ukrainian: ске́ля (skélja) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Ukrainian: кліф (klif) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Uyghur: يار (yar) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Vietnamese: vách đá — a (near) vertical rock face
- Walloon: falijhe — a (near) vertical rock face
- Welsh: clogwyn — a (near) vertical rock face
- Welsh: dibyn — a (near) vertical rock face
- Yámana: arakur — a (near) vertical rock face
- Zazaki: hir (diq) — a (near) vertical rock face
- Zhuang: bya — a (near) vertical rock face
Real reading context