giraffa

Borrowed from Arabic زَرَافَة‎ (zarāfa).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈraf.fa/

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• Rhymes: -affa
• Hyphenation: gi‧ràf‧fa

giraffa f (plural giraffe)

1. giraffe
2. boom (pole supporting a microphone)

• giraffista

• → French: girafe
  • → Catalan: girafa
  • → English: giraffe
  • → Polish: żyrafa
• → German: Giraffe
• → Portuguese: girafa
• → Spanish: jirafa
  • → Basque: jirafa
  • → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa

• graffai, graffia

From Arabic زَرَافَة‎ (zarāfa).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈraf.fa/, [ɡɪˈräfːä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈraf.fa/, [d͡ʒiˈräfːä]

giraffa f (genitive giraffae); first declension

1. (New Latin, zoology) a giraffe

First-declension noun.