girafe

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?

Classical Persian سرنا

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts

Proto-Iranian *pā́dah

Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)

Classical Persian پَا (pā)

Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.

Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.

Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.

Italian giraffabor.

Middle French giraffe

French girafe

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁaf/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -af

Noun

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?)

Derived terms

• girafeau m
• girafon m

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: girafa
• → Luxembourgish: Giraff
• → Polish: żyrafa
• → Romanian: girafă f
• → Russian: жираф (žiraf)
  • → Georgian: ჟირაფი (žirapi)
  • → Ingrian: žirafa
• → Swedish: giraff
  • → Finnish: kirahvi

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Norman

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?

Classical Persian سرنا

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts

Proto-Iranian *pā́dah

Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)

Classical Persian پَا (pā)

Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.

Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.

Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.

Italian giraffabor.

Middle French giraffe

French girafebor.

Norman girafe

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

Noun

girafe f (plural girafes)

1. (Jersey) giraffe

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Romanian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiˈrafe]

Noun

girafe f

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

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)