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Giraffe

Noun CEFR B1
dʒɪˈɹɑːf

Definitions

  1. A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.
  2. A giraffe unicycle.
  3. A laugh.
  4. A very tall individual.

Equivalents

Españoljirafa
DeutschGiraffe
68 more languages
Afrikaanskameelperd
አማርኛቀጭኔ
Azərbaycan dilizürafə
Беларускаяжырафа
Българскижирафжирафа
Catalàgirafa
Danskgiraf
Esperantoĝirafo
Euskarajirafa
Suomikirahvi
Galegoxirafa
ગુજરાતીજિરાફ
Magyarzsiráf
Հայերենընձուղտ
Bahasa Indonesiajerapahzarafah
Íslenskagíraffi
ქართულიჟირაფი
Қазақ тілікерік
한국어기린
Kurdîzirafe
Кыргызчаакыра
LëtzebuergeschGiraff
Lietuviųžirafa
Latviešužirafe
Te Reo Māorikaki roa
Македонскижирафа
Монголанааш
Bahasa Melayuzirafah
Nederlandsgiraf
Polskiżyrafa
Portuguêsgirafa
Românăgirafa
Slovenčinažirafa
Slovenščinažirafa
Soomaaligeri
Sesothothuhlo
Svenskagiraff
Kiswahilitwiga
తెలుగుజిరాఫీ
Тоҷикӣзаррофа
ትግርኛዘራፍዝዖታ
Türkmençežiraf
Tagaloghirapa
Setswanathutlwa
Türkçezürafa
اردوزرافہ
O'zbekchajirafazirofa
Tiếng Việthươu cao cổ
isiXhosaindlulamthi

Examples

“A group of giraffes is called a tower.”
Are you having a giraffe?!”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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