noun · Nature

coral reef

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The meaning (definition) of the word coral reef

a colorful underwater garden of coral where many sea animals live

The word coral reef used in a sentence

A coral reef is home to many colorful fish and sea creatures.

The plural of the word coral reef

coral reefs

How the word coral reef is said around the world

Frenchrécif corallien (rayseef kohrahlyen)
Spanisharrecife de coral (ahraytheefay thay kohrahl)
Mandarin珊瑚礁 (shān hú jiāo)
Hindiमूंगा - चट्टान (moongah kyuhttahn)
Arabicالشعاب المرجانية (ahshshahb ahlmahrjahneeyah)
Russianкоралловый риф (korallovyi rif)
Portuguese (EU)recife de coral (rayseefi di koorahl)
Portuguese (BR)recife de coral (khayseefew jew kohrow)
Japaneseサンゴ礁 (sango shou)
GermanKorallenriff (kohrahlenrif)
Urduمرجان کی چٹان (muhrgyahn kee kyuhtahn)
Punjabiਕੋਰਲ ਰੀਫ (kohruhl reep)
Korean산호초 (sanhoco)
Hebrewשונית אלמוגים (shvneet lmvgeem)
Greekκοραλλιότοπος (koralliotopos)
Dutchkoraalrif (kohrahlrif)
Tagalogbahura ng korales (bahoorah engay kawrahluhs)
Vietnameserạn san hô (zahn sahn hoh)
Turkishmercan resifi (merjahn rayseefi)
Persianصخره مرجانی (sahkhray mahrjahnee)
Polishrafa koralowa (rahfah kawrahlawvah)
Ukrainianкораловий риф (koralovyy ryf)
Bengaliপ্রবাল প্রাচীর (prohbahl prahcheer)
Swedishkorallrev (koorahlruhv)
Italianbarriera corallina (bahrreeerah kohrahlleenah)

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