girafe

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?

Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts

Proto-Iranian *pā́dah

Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)

Classical Persian پَا (pā)

Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.

Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)bor.

Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.

Italian giraffabor.

Middle French giraffe

French girafe

Inherited from Middle French giraffe, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁaf/

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• Rhymes: -af

Noun

girafe f (plural girafes)

1. giraffe (mammal)

   une girafe mâle ― a male giraffe

2. boom (a movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• girafeau m
• girafon m

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: жираф (žiraf), жирафа (žirafa)
• → Catalan: girafa
• → Luxembourgish: Giraff
• → Polish: żyrafa
  • → Kashubian: żirafa
• → Romanian: girafă
• → Russian: жираф (žiraf), жира́фа (žiráfa) — dated, colloquial, жира́фъ (žiráf) — pre-1918 spelling
  • → Georgian: ჟირაფი (žirapi)
  • → Ingrian: žirafa
• → Swedish: giraff
  • → Finnish: kirahvi

Further reading

• “girafe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• figera

Norman

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?

Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts

Proto-Iranian *pā́dah

Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)

Classical Persian پَا (pā)

Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.

Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)bor.

Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.

Italian giraffabor.

Middle French giraffe

French girafebor.

Norman girafe

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Borrowed from French girafe, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

girafe f (plural girafes)

1. (Jersey) giraffe

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈra.fe/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -afe
• Hyphenation: gi‧ra‧fe

Noun

girafe f

1. inflection of girafă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular