girafa

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) giraffe (any animal of the genus Giraffa)
2. (broadly, feminine, rare) giraffid (any animal of the Giraffidae family)
3. (Brazil, colloquial, feminine, figuratively) giraffe (very tall or long-necked individual)
4. (Brazil, feminine) boom (movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of piano girafa (“giraffe piano”)

Concepten

giraf

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giraffe

Giraffe

Synoniemen

Camelopardalis

Vertalingen

Giraffe

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girafe

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giraffe

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giraffa

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jirafa

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zürafa

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girafa

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καμηλοπάρδαλη

camelopardalis

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girafa

زرافة

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camelopard

giraffe

زرافات

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʒiˈɾa.fɐ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Geleend van Italiaans: giraffa

In summary

Etymology tree
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.
Portuguese girafa
Borrowed from Italian giraffa.