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- [juh-raf or, esp. British, -rahf]
- /dʒəˈræf or, esp. British, -ˈrɑf/
- /dʒɪˈrɑːf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [juh-raf or, esp. British, -rahf]
- /dʒəˈræf or, esp. British, -ˈrɑf/
Definitions of giraffe word
- noun giraffe a tall, long-necked, spotted ruminant, Giraffa camelopardalis, of Africa: the tallest living quadruped animal. 1
- noun giraffe (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Camelopardalis. 1
- noun giraffe A large African mammal with a very long neck and forelegs, having a coat patterned with brown patches separated by lighter lines . It is the tallest living animal. 1
- noun giraffe long-necked animal 1
- countable noun giraffe A giraffe is a large African animal with a very long neck, long legs, and dark patches on its body. 0
- noun giraffe a large ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, inhabiting savannas of tropical Africa: the tallest mammal, with very long legs and neck and a colouring of regular reddish-brown patches on a beige ground: family Giraffidae 0
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Origin of giraffe
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
1585-95; < French girafe < Italian giraffa < dialectal Arabic zirāfah, perhaps < Persian zurnāpā
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Parts of speech for Giraffe
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giraffe popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for giraffe
noun giraffe
- hog — a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- cow — A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows.
- pig — an earthenware crock, pot, pitcher, or jar.
- swine — any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products. Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
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