giraffe

See also: Giraffe

§English

A giraffe

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§Etymology

From French giraffe (now girafe), from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa, “giraffe”), apparently ultimately from Persian زرناپا (zurnāpā, “giraffe”), a compound of زرنا (zurnā, “flute, zurna”) and پا (pā, “leg”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

§Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈɹɑːf/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈɹæf/

• Audio (US)

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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
• (a laugh) bubble bath, bubble

§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
• Amuzgo: kió' xtyo' tkò
• Arabic: زرافة f (zarāfah)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܙܪܢܦܐ m (zarnāp̄āʾ), ܓܡܠ ܢܡܪܐ m (gəmal nemrāʾ)

• Armenian: ընձուղտ (hy) (ənjułt)
• Asturian: xirafa f
• Azeri: zürafə (az)
• Basque: jirafa (eu)
• Belarusian: жырафа f (žyráfa)
• Bengali: জরৈফ (jiraph)
• Bulgarian: жираф (bg) m (žiráf), жирафа (bg) f (žiráfa)
• Burmese: သစ်ကုလားအုတ် (my) (sacku.la:ut)
• Catalan: girafa f
• Central Melanau: jirapah
• Cherokee: ᏗᎦᎵᏍᏚᎩᏍᎩ (digalisdugisgi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長頸鹿 (zh), 长颈鹿 (zh) (chángjǐnglù)

• Czech: žirafa (cs) f
• Danish: giraf (da) c
• Dutch: giraf (nl) f
• Erzya: дуебабри (dujebabri)
• Esperanto: ĝirafo
• Estonian: kaelkirjak (et)
• Faroese: giraffur m
• Finnish: kirahvi (fi)
• French: girafe (fr) f
• Galician: xirafa (gl) f
• Georgian: ჟირაფი (žirap’i)
• German: Giraffe (de) f
• Greek: καμηλοπάρδαλη (el) f (kamilopárdali)

  Ancient: καμηλοπάρδαλις f (kamēlopárdalis)

• Gujarati: જિરાફ (jirāph)
• Haitian Creole: jiraf
• Hebrew: גִ׳ירָף
• Hindi: जिराफ़ m (jirāf)
• Hungarian: zsiráf (hu)
• Icelandic: gíraffi (is) f
• Ido: jirafo (io)
• Indonesian: jerapah (id), zarafah (id)
• Irish: sioráf
• Italian: giraffa (it) f
• Japanese: 麒麟 (ja) (きりん, kirin), キリン (ja) (kirin), ジラフ (jirafu)
• Jèrriais: girafe f
• Kannada: ಜಿರಾಫೆ (jirāphe)
• Kazakh: жираф (jïraf), керік (kerik)
• Khmer: សត្វហ្សីរ៉ាហ្វ (sat jəyraaf)
• Korean: 지라프 (jirapeu), 기린 (ko) (girin) (麒麟)
• Kyrgyz: жираф (ciraf)
• Lao: ກວາງຄໍຍາວ (lo) (kuāng khǭ nyāo)

• Latin: camelopardalis (la) f
• Latvian: žirafe
• Lithuanian: žirafa (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Giraff (lb) f
• Macedonian: жирафа f (žiráfa)
• Malay: zirafah
• Malayalam: ജിറാഫ് (ml) (jiṟāph)
• Mongolian: анааш (mn) (anaaš)
• Nama: ǃnaib
• Navajo: tsin yilátah ayání
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjiraff (no) m

  Nynorsk: sjiraff m

• Persian: زرّافه (fa) (zarrâfe), شترگاوپلنگ (fa) (šotorgâvpalang), زرناپا (zornâpâ)
• Polish: żyrafa (pl) f
• Portuguese: girafa (pt) f
• Romanian: girafă (ro) f
• Romansch: giraffa f
• Russian: жираф (ru) m (žiráf), жирафа (ru) f (žiráfa) (obsolete), (obsolete) гираф m (giráf)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: жирафа

  Roman: žirafa (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ජිරාෆ් (jirāf)
• Slovak: žirafa f
• Slovene: žirafa (sl) f
• Somali: geri
• Sotho: thuhlo
• Spanish: jirafa (es) f
• Swahili: twiga (sw)
• Swedish: giraff (sv) c
• Tagalog: dyirap
• Tajik: заррофа (zarrofa), шутурпаланг (šuturpalang)
• Tamil: ஒட்டகச்சிவிங்கி (ta) (oṭṭakacciviṅki)
• Telugu: జిరాఫీ (te) (jirāphī)
• Thai: ยีราฟ (th) (yee râaf)
• Turkish: zürafa (tr)
• Turkmen: žiraf
• Ukrainian: жирафа f (žyráfa), жираф m (žyráf)
• Urdu: جراف m (jirāf)
• Uzbek: jirafa (uz)
• Vietnamese: hươu cao cổ (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) giraf (vo), (♂) higiraf, (♀) jigiraf, (♂♀ offspring, young) girafül, (♂ offspring) higirafül, (♀ offspring) jigirafül, (diminutive ♂♀) girafil, (augmentative ♂♀) legiraf
• Welsh: jiráff m
• Wolof: njamala mi
• Yiddish: דזשיראַף m (dzhiraf)

§Anagrams

• riffage

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§Italian

§Noun

giraffe f

1. plural form of giraffa