English-Thai Dictionary
giraffe
N ยีราฟ ye-raf
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GIRAFFE
Gi *raffe ", n. Etym: [F. girafe, Sp. girafa, from Ar. zurafa, zarafa.](Zoöl.)
Defn: An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa ) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.
New American Oxford Dictionary
giraffe
gi raffe |jəˈraf ʤəˈræf | ▶noun ( pl. same or giraffes ) 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. [Giraffa camelopardalis, family Giraffidae. ] • (the Giraffe ) the constellation Camelopardalis. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French girafe, Italian giraffa, or Spanish and Portuguese girafa, based on Arabic zarāfa. The animal was known in Europe in the medieval period, and isolated instances of names for it based on the Arabic are recorded in Middle English, when it was commonly called the camelopard .
Oxford Dictionary
giraffe
gir |affe |dʒɪˈrɑːf, -ˈraf | ▶noun ( pl. same or giraffes ) 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. ●Giraffa camelopardalis, family Giraffidae. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French girafe, Italian giraffa, or Spanish and Portuguese girafa, based on Arabic zarāfa. The animal was known in Europe in the medieval period, and isolated instances of names for it based on the Arabic are recorded in Middle English, when it was commonly called the camelopard .
Duden Dictionary
Giraffe
Gi raf fe Substantiv, feminin , die |Gir a ffe |die Giraffe; Genitiv: der Giraffe, Plural: die Giraffen spätmittelhochdeutsch geraff (durch Vermittlung von italienisch giraffa ), mittelhochdeutsch schraffe < vulgärarabisch ǧrāfa h, arabisch zurāfa h (in Afrika heimisches ) großes Tier mit sehr langem Hals, langen Beinen und unregelmäßig braun geflecktem, gelblichem Fell
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
giraffe
gi raffe /dʒərǽf |dʒərɑ́ːf /名詞 複 ～, ～s 1 C 〘動 〙キリン, ジラフ .2 〖the G- 〗〘天 〙きりん座 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary