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giraffe

See also: Giraffe

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Giraffe

Etymology edit

From Middle French giraffe (Modern French girafe), from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa, “giraffe”); ultimately from Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā), a compound of زُرْنَا (zurnā, “flute”) and پَا (pā, “leg”). Displaced earlier camelopard.

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giraffe (plural giraffes or giraffe)

  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, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.
  2. A giraffe unicycle.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.
    Are you having a giraffe?!
  4. (Internet slang, uncommon) A very tall individual.

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Etymology edit

Possibly via German Giraffe, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

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  • IPA(key): /ʒiˈrɑf/
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  • Hyphenation: gi‧raf‧fe
  • Rhymes: -ɑf

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giraffe f (plural giraffen or giraffes, diminutive giraffetje n or girafje n)

  1. Alternative spelling of giraf.

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giraffe f (plural giraffes)

  1. Archaic spelling of girafe.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈraf.fe/
  • Rhymes: -affe
  • Hyphenation: gi‧ràf‧fe

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giraffe f

  1. plural of giraffa
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