giraffe

See also Giraffe

English

A giraffe

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French giraffe (now girafe), from Arabic زرافة (zarāfah), from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ (zarāfa).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dʒɪˈɹɑːf/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ʤəˈɻæf/, SAMPA: /dZ@"r\{f/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːf

Noun

giraffe (plural giraffes)

1. A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns.
2. (Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.

   Are you having a giraffe?!

Synonyms

• camelopard

Derived terms

Related terms

giraffe weevil Kilimanjaro giraffe Kordofan giraffe Masai giraffe Nigerian giraffe Nubian giraffe

Rhodesian giraffe smoky giraffe Somali giraffe South African giraffe Rothschild giraffe Ugandan giraffe

Translations

Mammal

Afrikaans: kameelperd (af) Albanian: gjirafë (sq) Amuzgo: kió' xtyo' tkò Arabic: زرافة (ar) (zaraafa) f. Armenian: ընձուղտ (ënjuġt) Asturian: xirafa (ast) f. Azeri: zürafə (az) Basque: jirafa (eu) Belarusian: жырафа (be) (žyráfa) f. Bosnian: žirafa (bs) f. Bulgarian: жираф (bg) (žiráf) m., жирафа (bg) (žiráfa) f. Catalan: girafa f. Cherokee: ᏗᎦᎵᏍᏚᎩᏍᎩ (chr) (digalisdugisgi) Chinese: Mandarin: 長頸鹿 (cmn), 长颈鹿 (cmn) (chángjǐnglù) Croatian: žirafa (hr) Czech: žirafa (cs) f. Danish: giraf (da) c. Dutch: giraf (nl) f. Esperanto: ĝirafo (eo) Estonian: kaelkirjak (et) Finnish: kirahvi (fi) French: girafe (fr) f. Galician: xirafa (gl) f. Georgian: ჟირაფი (ka) (žirap’i) German: Giraffe (de) f. Greek: καμηλοπάρδαλη (el) (kamilopárdali) f. Haitian Creole: jiraf Hebrew: גִ׳ירָף (he) Hindi: जिराफ़ (hi) Hungarian: zsiráf (hu) Icelandic: gíraffi (is) f. Indonesian: jerapah (id) Irish: sioráf (ga) Italian: giraffa (it) f. Japanese: 麒麟 (ja), キリン (ja) (kirin), ジラフ (ja) (jirafu) Korean: 지라프 (ko) (jirapeu), 기린 (ko) (girin) (麒麟) Latin: camelopardalis (la) f. Latvian: žirafe (lv)

Lithuanian: žirafa (lt) f. Luxembourgish: Giraff (lb) f. Macedonian: жирафа (mk) (žiráfa) f. Malay: zirafah (ms) Navajo: tsin yilátah ayání Norwegian: Bokmål: sjiraff (nb) m. Nynorsk: sjiraff (nn) m. Persian: زرّافه (fa) (zarrafe), شترگاوپلنگ (fa) (šotorgâvpalang) Polish: żyrafa (pl) f. Portuguese: girafa (pt) f. Romanian: girafă (ro) f. Romansch: giraffa f. Russian: жираф (ru) (žiráf) m., жирафа (ru) (žiráfa) f. (obsolete) Serbian: жирафа (sr) Slovak: žirafa (sk) f. Slovene: žirafa (sl) f. Somali: geri (so) Sotho: thuhlo (st) Spanish: jirafa (es) f. Swahili: twiga (sw) Swedish: giraff (sv) c. Tagalog: dyirap (tl) Tajik: заррофа (tg) (zarrofa) Telugu: జిరాఫీ (jiraaphI) Thai: ยีราฟ (th) Turkish: zürafa (tr) Turkmen: žiraf (tk) Ukrainian: жирафа (uk) (žyráfa) f., жираф (uk) (žyráf) m. Urdu: جراف (ur) Vietnamese: hươu cao cổ (vi) Volapük: (male or female) giraf (vo), (male) higiraf (vo), (female) jigiraf (vo), (male or female offspring, baby) girafül (vo), (male offspring, baby) higirafül (vo), (female offspring, baby) jigirafül (vo) Welsh: jiráff (cy) m. Wolof: njamala mi (wo) Yiddish: דזשעראַף (yi) (dzheraf)

Anagrams

• riffage

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Italian

Noun

giraffe f.

1. Plural form of giraffa.