Etymology of the French word girafe
the French word
girafederived from the Italian word
giraffaderived from the Arabic word
zarafahderived from the Arabic word
zarāfaDate
The earliest known usage of girafe in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
girafeau,
girafon,
giraffidésDerivations in other languages
English
giraffe, Romanian
girafăCognates
Dutch
giraf, English
giraffe, French
giraffe, German
Giraffe, Icelandic
gíraffi, Italian
giraffa, Norwegian
giraff, Spanish
jirafa, Swedish
giraff
