Giraffe

//dʒɪˈɹɑːf//

Synonyms for "giraffe" (52 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Strong matches (15)

Related words (26)

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More general

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Synonyms

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at location

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capable of

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coordinate

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dbpedia genus

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defined as

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derived

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has a

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has context

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has property

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is a

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receives action

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related to

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Translations

171 translations across 137 languages.

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Afar

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  • gari noun (mammal)

Afrikaans

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  • kameelperd noun (mammal)

Albanian

1 entries
  • gjirafë noun (mammal)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ቀጭኔ noun (mammal)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • καμηλοπάρδαλις noun (mammal)

Arabic

1 entries
  • زَرَافَة noun (mammal)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • chirafa noun (mammal)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܓܡܠ ܢܡܪܐ noun (mammal)
  • ܙܪܢܦܐ noun (mammal)

Armenian

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  • ընձուղտ noun (mammal)

Assamese

1 entries
  • জিৰাফ noun (mammal)

Asturian

1 entries
  • xirafa noun (mammal)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • zürafə noun (mammal)

Basque

1 entries
  • jirafa noun (mammal)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • жыра́фа noun (mammal)

Bengali

1 entries
  • জরৈফ noun (mammal)

Bongo

1 entries
  • kïlïrü noun (mammal)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • жира́ф noun (mammal)
  • жира́фа noun (mammal)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သစ်ကုလားအုတ် noun (mammal)

Catalan

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  • girafa noun (mammal)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • زەڕافە noun (mammal)
  • ھێشترگا noun (mammal)

Central Melanau

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  • jirapah noun (mammal)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏗᎦᎵᏍᏚᎩᏍᎩ noun (mammal)

Cheyenne

1 entries
  • tsėhe'ėsenotováhe noun (mammal)

Chichewa

3 entries
  • kadyamnsonga noun (mammal)
  • nswala noun (mammal)
  • nyamalikiti noun (mammal)

Chinese

3 entries
  • 長頭鹿仔 /长头鹿仔 noun (mammal)
  • 長頷鹿 /长颔鹿 noun (mammal)
  • 麒麟鹿 noun (mammal)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 長頸鹿 /长颈鹿 noun (mammal)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 長頸鹿 /长颈鹿 noun (mammal)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲁⲛⲑⲉⲣⲟⲥ noun (mammal)

Cornish

1 entries
  • jiraff noun (mammal)

Czech

1 entries
  • žirafa noun (mammal)

Danish

1 entries
  • giraf noun (mammal)

Daur

1 entries
  • чилин noun (mammal)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ޒަރާފާ noun (mammal)

Dutch

1 entries
  • giraf noun (mammal)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • སྐེ་རིང་རྟ noun (mammal)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • m:a-m:a-F27 noun (mammal)

Erzya

1 entries
  • дуебабри noun (mammal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ĝirafo noun (mammal)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kaelkirjak noun (mammal)

Faroese

1 entries
  • giraffur noun (mammal)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kirahvi noun (mammal)

French

2 entries
  • chameaupard noun (mammal)
  • girafe noun (mammal)

Galician

1 entries
  • xirafa noun (mammal)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ჟირაფი noun (mammal)

German

1 entries
  • Giraffe noun (mammal)

Greek

1 entries
  • καμηλοπάρδαλη noun (mammal)

Guerrero Amuzgo

1 entries
  • kió' xtyo' tkò noun (mammal)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • જિરાફ noun (mammal)

Hadza

2 entries
  • háwayii noun (mammal)
  • zzókwanako noun (mammal)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • jiraf noun (mammal)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 長頸鹿 /长颈鹿 noun (mammal)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kamelopaki noun (mammal)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • גִ׳ירָף noun (mammal)
  • זֶמֶר noun (mammal)

Hindi

4 entries
  • जराफ़ noun (mammal)
  • जराफा noun (mammal)
  • जिराफ noun (mammal)
  • जिराफ़ noun (mammal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • zsiráf noun (mammal)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Schiraff noun (mammal)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • gíraffi noun (mammal)

Ido

1 entries
  • jirafo noun (mammal)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • jerapah noun (mammal)
  • zarafah noun (mammal)

Irish

1 entries
  • sioráf noun (mammal)

Isoko

1 entries
  • ogodogbo noun (mammal)

Italian

1 entries
  • giraffa noun (mammal)

Japanese

2 entries
  • キリン noun (mammal)
  • 麒麟 noun (mammal)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • анаш noun (mammal)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಜಿರಾಫೆ noun (mammal)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жираф noun (mammal)
  • керік noun (mammal)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កវែង noun (mammal)
  • ហ្សីរ៉ាហ្វ noun (mammal)

Khoekhoe

1 entries
  • ǃnaib noun (mammal)

Kikuyu

2 entries
  • ndũiga noun (mammal)
  • njirabu noun (mammal)

Korean

1 entries
  • 기린 noun (mammal)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • акыра noun (mammal)
  • жираф noun (mammal)

Laalaa

1 entries
  • njabala noun (mammal)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກວາງຄໍຍາວ noun (mammal)

Latin

1 entries
  • camelopardalis noun (mammal)

Latvian

1 entries
  • žirafe noun (mammal)

Lingala

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  • díkálá class 9a/10a noun (mammal)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • žirafa noun (mammal)

Luxembourgish

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  • Giraff noun (mammal)

Maasai

1 entries
  • olmeut noun (mammal)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • жира́фа noun (mammal)

Malay

1 entries
  • zirafah noun (mammal)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ജിറാഫ് noun (mammal)

Marathi

1 entries
  • जिराफ noun (mammal)

Middle Persian

1 entries
  • 𐭥𐭱𐭲𐭫𐭢𐭠𐭥𐭯𐭫𐭭𐭢 noun (mammal)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • анааш noun (mammal)
  • ᠠᠨᠠᠰᠢ noun (mammal)

Māori

1 entries
  • kakīroa noun (mammal)

Navajo

1 entries
  • tsinlátah ayáanii noun (mammal)

Norman

1 entries
  • girafe noun (mammal)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • canhêştir noun (mammal)
  • hêştirga noun (mammal)
  • zirafe noun (mammal)

Northern Sotho

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  • thutlwa noun (mammal)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • sjiraff noun (mammal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sjiraff noun (mammal)

Occitan

1 entries
  • girafa noun (mammal)

Oromo

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  • sattawwaa noun (mammal)

Pashto

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  • زرافه noun (mammal)

Persian

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  • زرناپا noun (mammal)
  • زرّافه noun (mammal)
  • شترگاوپلنگ noun (mammal)

Polish

1 entries
  • żyrafa noun (mammal)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • girafa noun (mammal)

Romanian

1 entries
  • girafă noun (mammal)

Romansch

1 entries
  • giraffa noun (mammal)

Russian

3 entries
  • гира́ф noun (mammal)
  • жира́ф noun (mammal)
  • жира́фа noun (mammal)

Samoan

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  • serafa noun (mammal)

Sango

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  • kôlo noun (mammal)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • žiràfa noun (mammal)
  • жира̀фа noun (mammal)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • jirafa noun (mammal)
  • zirafa noun (mammal)

Sinhalese

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  • ජිරාෆ් noun (mammal)

Slovak

1 entries
  • žirafa noun (mammal)

Slovene

1 entries
  • žirafa noun (mammal)

Somali

1 entries
  • geri noun (mammal)

Sotho

1 entries
  • thuhlo noun (mammal)

Spanish

1 entries
  • jirafa noun (mammal)

Swahili

1 entries
  • twiga noun (mammal)

Swedish

1 entries
  • giraff noun (mammal)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠎꠤꠞꠣꠚ noun (mammal)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • hirapa noun (mammal)

Tajik

2 entries
  • заррофа noun (mammal)
  • шутурпаланг noun (mammal)

Tamil

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  • ஒட்டகச்சிவிங்கி noun (mammal)

Telugu

1 entries
  • జిరాఫీ noun (mammal)

Thai

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  • ยีราฟ noun (mammal)

Tigrinya

2 entries
  • ዘራፍ noun (mammal)
  • ዝዖታ noun (mammal)

Tongan

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  • selafi noun (mammal)

Tooro

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  • entwiga class 9 noun (mammal)

Tswana

1 entries
  • thutlwa noun (mammal)

Turkish

1 entries
  • zürafa noun (mammal)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • žiraf noun (mammal)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • жира́ф noun (mammal)
  • жира́фа noun (mammal)

Urdu

2 entries
  • جراف noun (mammal)
  • زرافہ noun (mammal)

Uyghur

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  • زىراپە noun (mammal)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • jirafa noun (mammal)
  • zirofa noun (mammal)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hươu cao cổ noun (mammal)

Volapük

1 entries
  • giraf noun (mammal)

Welsh

1 entries
  • jiráff noun (mammal)

Wolof

1 entries
  • njamala mi noun (mammal)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • indlulamthi noun (mammal)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • זשיראַף noun (mammal)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • loeghozraez noun (mammal)

Zulu

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  • indlulamithi noun (mammal)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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The lion ripped the flesh from the dead giraffe.

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I never saw a giraffe.

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I had never seen a giraffe till I visited the zoo.

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A giraffe extends its neck to get food.

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