girafa

See also: Girafa, ĝirafa, and girafă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French girafe, from Middle French giraffe, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa) via Italian giraffa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒiˈɾa.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒiˈɾa.fa]

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Noun

girafa f (plural girafes)

1. giraffe
2. boom (microphone support)

Further reading

• “girafa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Girafa (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis)

Etymology

From Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ (zarāfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒiˈɾa.fɐ/

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

Noun

girafa f (plural girafas)

1. giraffe

   Synonym: (archaic) camelopárdale

2. (by extension, rare) any member of the Giraffidae family
3. (Brazil, figurative, colloquial) a 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) Clipping of piano girafa (“giraffe piano”)

Further reading

• “girafa” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “girafa” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “girafa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “girafa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈrafa/

Noun

girafa f

1. definite nominative singular of girafă