giraffa

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Italian

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giraffa

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)

giraffe
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/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈraf.fa/,

Noun

giraffa f (genitive giraffae); first declension

(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

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