cliff

See also: Cliff

English

A cliff is a vertical or near vertical rock face

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klɪf/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪf

Etymology 1

From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.

Noun

cliff (plural cliffs)

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
(figuratively) A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.

Synonyms

precipice

Derived terms

cliff swallow
cliff-face
cliffed

Translations

a (near) vertical rock face

Albanian: shkëmb (sq) m
Arabic: جُرْف‎ m (jurf)
Aragonese: penya f
Armenian: ժայռ (hy) (žayṙ)
Basque: labar
Belarusian: скала́ f (skalá), уцёс m (ucjós) / ўцёс m (ŭcjos), кліф m (klif)
Breton: tornaod (br) m
Bulgarian: канара (bg) f (kanara)
Burmese: နတ်သမီးကမ်းပါး (my) (natsa.mi:kam:pa:)
Catalan: penya-segat (ca) m
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵖⵓⵍⵉⴷ m (aghulid)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 懸崖, 悬崖 (jyun⁴ ngaai⁴)

Mandarin: 峭壁 (zh) (qiàobì), 懸崖 (zh), 悬崖 (zh) (xuányá, xuányái)
Czech: útes (cs) m
Danish: klint (da) c
Dutch: klip (nl) f, klif (nl) f
Eastern Bontoc: chopras, oto, teng-el
Esperanto: klifo (eo)
Estonian: kalju (et)
Faroese: klettur m, berg (fo) n, hamar m
Finnish: kalliojyrkänne, jyrkänne (fi)
French: falaise (fr) f
Galician: cantil m, acantilado m, barronqueira f, esfragadoiro m, penagallo m
Georgian: ფრიალო კლდე (prialo ḳlde), ციცაბო კლდე (cicabo ḳlde), კლიფი (ḳlipi), ალპინისტის მთა (alṗinisṭis mta), ხრამი (xrami), ქარაფი (karapi), კლდე (ḳlde)
German: Klippe (de) f, Felsen (de) m
Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍉 f (driusō)
Greek: βουνοπλαγιά (el) f (vounoplagiá), κλιτύς (el) f (klitýs), πρανές (el) n (pranés), γκρεμός (el) m (gkremós)
Gujarati: કરાડ m (karāḍa), ભેખડ f (bhēkhaḍa)
Hawaiian: pali
Hebrew: צוק‎ (he) m (tsuq)
Hungarian: szirt (hu)
Icelandic: klettur (is) m, berg (is) n, bjarg (is) n, hamar (is) m
Ido: klifo (io)
Ilocano: dirraas
Indonesian: tebing (id)
Irish: aill f
Italian: rupe (it) f, scogliera (it) f, costone (it) m, dirupo (it) m, crinale (it) m
Japanese: 崖 (ja) (がけ, gake)
Kannada: ಕಮರಿ (kn) (kamari)
Kazakh: құз (quz), жартас (kk) (jartas)
Khmer: ច្រាំងភ្នំ (craŋ pnum)
Korean: 절벽 (ko) (jeolbyeok) (絶壁)
Lao: ຜາ (lo) (phā)
Latgalian: radze
Latin: rūpēs f
Latvian: klints m
Lithuanian: klifas m
Lubuagan Kalinga: angit, chigchig

Malagasy: kôrnisy (mg)
Malay: cenuram
Malayalam: പാറ (ml) (pāṟa)
Manx: eaynin f
Mongolian: хад цохио (had tsohio)
Nepali: भीर (bhīra)
Norman: falaise f, (Saint Ouën) falaîthe f
North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) klap f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klippe (no) m

Nynorsk: klippe f
Occitan: bauç (oc) m
Old English: clif n
Old Norse: klettr m, berg n, hamarr m
Persian: پرتگاه‎ (fa) (partgâh)
Polish: klif (pl) m
Portuguese: penhasco (pt) m, falésia (pt) f
Romanian: stâncă (ro) f, faleză (ro) f, pantă (ro) f
Russian: скала́ (ru) f (skalá), утёс (ru) m (utjós), клиф (ru) m (klif)
Samoan: tofo
Sanskrit: भृगुः (sa) m (bhṛguḥ)
Scots: craig, cleuch
Scottish Gaelic: creag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: литица f, хрид m

Roman: litica (sh) f, hrid (sh) m
Slovak: útes m
Slovene: klif m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: skała f, skalina f
Southern Kalinga: ipngas
Spanish: acantilado (es) m, precipicio (es), risco (es) m
Swedish: klippa (sv) c
Tagalog: dahilig, duminding, dalisdis, talampas
Tajik: партгоҳ (partgoh)
Tamil: செங்குத்துப் பாறை (ceṅkuttup pāṟai)
Thai: ผา (th) (pǎa)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: uçurum (tr), yar (tr)
Turkmen: uçut
Tuwali Ifugao: dopla
Ukrainian: ске́ля f (skélja), кліф m (klif)
Vietnamese: vách đá (vi)
Walloon: falijhe (wa) f
Welsh: garth m or f
West Frisian: klippe
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Zazaki: hir
Zhuang: bya

Etymology 2

Noun

cliff (plural cliffs)

(music) Obsolete form of clef.
- 1723, John Harris, Lexicon Technicum
  Suppose a Person hath learnt to sing in the Treble Cliff only, and would sing Notes prick'd in the Tenor Cliff on the middle tine with F# […]

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