giraffe
Noun
- A very tall African mammal with a long neck and legs.
- tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa
- 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.
- A giraffe unicycle.
- A laugh.
- A very tall individual.
Examples
- Are you having a giraffe?!
- Playing GIRAFFE was a stretch, but it covered two triple word scores.
Origin / 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 giraffebor.
English giraffe
Borrowed from Middle French giraffe, from Italian giraffa. Displaced camelopard.
Synonyms
camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis, bubble, bubble bath
Scrabble Score: 14
giraffe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgiraffe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
giraffe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary