girafe

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle French giraffe

French girafe

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁaf/

• Audio:

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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)

Derived terms

• girafeau
• girafon

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: girafa
• → Luxembourgish: Giraff
• → Polish: żyrafa
• → Romanian: girafă
• → 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

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): [d͡ʒiˈrafe]

Noun

girafe f

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