żyrafa

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See also: Żyrafa, żyrafą, and Żyrafą

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żyrafy

Etymology

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    Borrowed from French girafe.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ʐɘˈra.fa/
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    • Rhymes: -afa
    • Syllabification: ży‧ra‧fa
    • Homophone: Żyrafa

    Noun

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    żyrafa f (diminutive żyrafiątko, related adjective żyrafowy)

    1. giraffe (any mammal of the genus Giraffa)
    2. (colloquial) long blender, designed to be held by hand, whose blending and mixing blades are located at the end of the handle
      Hypernym: blender
    3. (historical) piano whose strings and sound box are set vertically rather than horizontally, produced and used in the 18th and 19th centuries
      Hypernym: fortepian

    Declension

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    Derived terms

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    adjectives
    nouns

    Descendants

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    • Kashubian: żirafa

    Further reading

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    • żyrafa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • żyrafa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • żyrafa in PWN's encyclopedia