girafa
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French girafe, from Middle French giraffe, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa) via Italian giraffa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]girafa f (plural girafes)
Further reading
[edit]- “girafa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ (zarāfa).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]girafa f (plural girafas)
- giraffe
- Synonym: (archaic) camelopárdale
- (by extension, rare) any member of the Giraffidae family
- (Brazil, figurative, colloquial) a very tall or long-necked individual
- (Brazil, film, television) boom (movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)
- (music) Clipping of piano girafa (“giraffe piano”)
Further reading
[edit]- “girafa” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “girafa” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “girafa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “girafa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]girafa f
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/afɐ
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