girafa

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from French girafe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ʒiˈɾa.fə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒiˈɾa.fa] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ʒiˈɾa.fa] === Noun === girafa f (plural girafes) giraffe boom (microphone support) === Further reading === “girafa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Noun === girafa f (plural girafas, reintegrationist norm) reintegrationist spelling of xirafa === Further reading === “girafa”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === giraffa (pre-standardization spelling, rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian giraffa. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -afɐ Hyphenation: gi‧ra‧fa === Noun === girafa f (plural girafas) giraffe (any animal of the genus Giraffa) Synonym: (archaic) camelopárdale (by extension, rare) giraffid (any animal of the Giraffidae family) Synonym: girafídeo (Brazil, figurative, colloquial) giraffe (very tall or long-necked individual) (Brazil, film, television) boom (movable pole used to support a microphone or camera) Synonyms: bum, percha (music) ellipsis of piano girafa (“giraffe piano”) ==== Usage notes ==== The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always feminine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, girafa-macho for male and girafa-fêmea for female. Here, macho is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hunsrik: Schiraff === References === “girafa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “girafa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “girafa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “girafa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈrafa/ === Noun === girafa f definite nominative singular of girafă