girafa

Meaning

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”)

Concepts

giraffe

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camelopard

giraffes

Camelopardalis

Giraffa camelopardalis

Synonyms

Camelopardalis

Translations

Giraffe

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girafe

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jirafa

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giraffa

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zürafa

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girafa

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καμηλοπάρδαλη

giraf

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girafa

giraffe

camelopardalis

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زرافة

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camélopard

زرافات

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒiˈɾa.fɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: 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.