girafe

Inherited from Middle French giraffe, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa).

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁaf/

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• Rhymes: -af

girafe f (plural girafes)

1. giraffe (mammal)

   une girafe mâle ― a male giraffe

2. boom (a movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• “girafe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• figera

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Borrowed from French girafe, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

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girafe f (plural girafes)

1. (Jersey) giraffe

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈra.fe/

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• Rhymes: -afe
• Hyphenation: gi‧ra‧fe

girafe f

1. inflection of girafă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular