🇮🇹 italiano

giraffe

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

le giraffe

giraffes

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giraffe
/le dʒiˈraffe/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice giraffe en italiano?

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/le dʒiˈraffe/

How do you pronounce giraffe in italiano?

giraffe is pronounced /le dʒiˈraffe/ in italiano.

Frases de ejemplo

La giraffa alta mangia le foglie dell'acacia.

The tall giraffe eats the acacia leaves.

Quella giraffa africana è stata catturata per il zoo.

That African giraffe was captured for the zoo.

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¿Por qué es feminine?

Giraffe is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin "giraffa," which was borrowed from Arabic "zarāfah" and retained the feminine gender of the original Latin form, following the pattern of Latin words ending in "-a" that were typically feminine.

¿Cómo se dice giraffes en italiano?

En italiano, giraffes se dice le giraffe — feminine.

Practica con Accord

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