giraffa

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā), borrowed from Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā), from زُرْنَا (zurnā) + پَا (pā). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈraf.fa/ Rhymes: -affa Hyphenation: gi‧ràf‧fa === Noun === giraffa f (plural giraffe) giraffe (mammal) boom (a movable pole used to support a microphone or camera) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === giraffa on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it === Anagrams === graffai, graffia == Latin == === Etymology === From Italian giraffa. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɪˈraf.fa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒiˈraf.fa] === Noun === giraffa f (genitive giraffae); first declension (New Latin, zoology) a giraffe ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. == Portuguese == === Noun === giraffa f (plural giraffas) (rare) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943) of girafa ==== Usage notes ==== The spelling with a single ⟨f⟩ was already in common use before the spelling reforms.