giraffa

See also: Giraffa

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈraf.fa/

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• Rhymes: -affa
• Hyphenation: gi‧ràf‧fa

Noun

giraffa f (plural giraffe)

1. giraffe
2. boom (pole supporting a microphone)

Related terms

• giraffista

Descendants

• → French: girafe
  • → Catalan: girafa
  • → English: giraffe
  • → Polish: żyrafa
  • → Romanian: girafă
• → German: Giraffe
  • → Hungarian: zsiráf
• → Portuguese: girafa
• → Spanish: jirafa
  • → Basque: jirafa
  • → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa

Anagrams

• graffai, graffia

Latin

Etymology

From Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈraf.fa/, [ɡɪˈräfːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈraf.fa/, [d͡ʒiˈräfːä]

Noun

giraffa f (genitive giraffae); first declension

1. (New Latin, zoology) a giraffe

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	giraffa	giraffae
Genitive	giraffae	giraffārum
Dative	giraffae	giraffīs
Accusative	giraffam	giraffās
Ablative	giraffā	giraffīs
Vocative	giraffa	giraffae