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girafe

giraffe

noun zhee-RAF Rare

Usage Note

Girafe is the French word for the giraffe. Peigner la girafe (to comb the giraffe) is a humorous French idiom meaning to do something completely useless. The plural is girafes; baby giraffes are called girafons.

Examples

"La girafe mange des feuilles en haut de l'arbre."

Natural Translation

The giraffe eats leaves at the top of the tree.

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