giraffe

Meaning

1. A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them 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, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.
2. A giraffe unicycle.
3. (Cockney, slang) A laugh.
4. (Internet, uncommon) A very tall individual.

Synonyms

camelopard

Giraffa camelopardalis

Camelopardalis

Translations

girafe

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giraffa

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Giraffe

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jirafa

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zürafa

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girafa

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girafa

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καμηλοπάρδαλη

giraf

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giraffe

camelopardalis

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girafa

زرافة

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panthera

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʒɪˈɹɑːf/

Etymology

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.
Middle French giraffebor.
English giraffe
Borrowed from Middle French giraffe, from Italian giraffa. Displaced camelopard.