Phrase guide

coral reef

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A reef formed by compacted coral skeletons

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reef

Narrower terms: atoll, barrier reef, key, cay, Florida key, Great Barrier Reef

History

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: প্ৰবাল প্ৰাচীৰ (probal prasir) — mound or hummock of coral
  • West Coast Bajau: takat — mound or hummock of coral
  • Bengali: প্রবাল প্রাচীর (probal pracir) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Bhojpuri: मूंगा चट्टान (mūṅgā caṭṭān) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Burmese: သန္တာကျောက်တန်း (santa-kyauktan:) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 珊瑚礁 (shānhújiāo) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Czech: korálový útes — mound or hummock of coral
  • Dutch: koraalrif — mound or hummock of coral
  • Finnish: koralliriutta — mound or hummock of coral
  • French: récif corallien — mound or hummock of coral
  • German: Korallenriff — mound or hummock of coral
  • German: Korallenbank — mound or hummock of coral
  • Greek: κοραλλιογενής ύφαλος (koralliogenís ýfalos) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Gujarati: પરવળાનો ટાપુ (parvaḷāno ṭāpu) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Hindi: मूँगा चट्टान (mūṅgā caṭṭān) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Hungarian: korallzátony — mound or hummock of coral
  • Italian: barriera corallina — mound or hummock of coral
  • Japanese: 珊瑚礁 (sangoshō) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Korean: 산호초 (sanhocho) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Malay: terumbu karang — mound or hummock of coral
  • Māori: ākau kāoa — mound or hummock of coral
  • Marathi: प्रवाळाची बेट (pravāḷācī beṭ) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Norwegian Bokmål: korallrev — mound or hummock of coral
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: korallrev — mound or hummock of coral
  • Persian: آبسنگ مرجانی (âbsang-e marjâni) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Portuguese: recife/arrecife de coral/corais — mound or hummock of coral
  • Punjabi: ਮੂੰਗਾ ਚਟਾਨ (mūṅgā caṭān) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Russian: кора́лловый риф (korállovyj rif) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Serbo-Croatian: koraljni greben — mound or hummock of coral
  • Slovene: korálni grebén — mound or hummock of coral
  • Spanish: arrecife de coral — mound or hummock of coral
  • Swedish: korallrev — mound or hummock of coral
  • Tagalog: bahura — mound or hummock of coral
  • Ternate: nyare — mound or hummock of coral
  • Thai: พืดหินปะการัง (pʉ̂ʉt-hǐn-bpà-gaa-rang) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Turkish: mercan resifi — mound or hummock of coral
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاب (şab) — mound or hummock of coral
  • Vietnamese: rạn san hô — mound or hummock of coral
  • Volapük: korialakliped — mound or hummock of coral
  • Volapük: korialanedibäd — mound or hummock of coral