girafa

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See also: Girafa, ĝirafa, and girafă

Catalan

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
    Classical Persian سرنا
    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 ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
    Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
    Italian giraffabor.
    Middle French giraffe
    French girafebor.
    Catalan girafa

    Borrowed from French girafe.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    girafa f (plural girafes)

    1. giraffe
    2. boom (microphone support)

    Further reading

    Galician

    Noun

    girafa f (plural girafas, reintegrationist norm)

    1. reintegrationist spelling of xirafa

    Further reading

    • “girafa” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

    Portuguese

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    Girafa (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis)

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
      Classical Persian سرنا
      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 ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
      Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
      Italian giraffabor.
      Portuguese girafa

      Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

      Pronunciation

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      • Rhymes: -afɐ
      • Hyphenation: gi‧ra‧fa

      Noun

      girafa f (plural girafas)

      1. giraffe (any animal of the genus Giraffa)
        Synonym: (archaic) camelopárdale
      2. (by extension, rare) giraffid (any animal of the Giraffidae family)
        Synonym: girafídeo
      3. (Brazil, figurative, colloquial) giraffe (very tall or long-necked individual)
      4. (Brazil, film, television) boom (movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)
        Synonyms: bum, percha
      5. (music) Ellipsis of piano girafa (“giraffe piano”)

      Usage notes

      • The gender of this Portuguese word is always feminine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “girafa-macho” for male, and “girafa-fêmea” for female.

      Descendants

      • → Hunsrik: Schiraff

      References

      Romanian

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      girafa f

      1. definite nominative singular of girafă
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