klip

Meaning

1. (feminine) rock or cliff in or around sea water
2. (dialectal, feminine) dune, sandy hill
3. (archaic, feminine) rock on land, e.g. used as a habitat by animals
4. (feminine, obsolete) boulder, piece of rock

Concepts

cliff

reef

crag

rock

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precipice

bluff

shelf

shelving

clogwyn

crags

foreland

headland

ness

pitfall

Synonyms

klif

rif

afgrond

rots

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Translations

Klippe

falaise

acantilado

Riff

scogliera

penhasco

écueil

rupe

penya-segat

récif

falésia

γκρεμός

dirupo

escolho

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: clippe

Inherited from Old Dutch: *klippa

In summary

From Middle Dutch clippe, from Old Dutch *klippa, from Proto-Germanic *klippō. See klif (“cliff”), which probably shares the same ultimate origin.