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How to pronounce “giraffe”
Hear “giraffe” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for giraffe
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of giraffe with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- An Inside Look into the San Diego Zoo
This shot here, is once we had giraffe out there
- Definition summary
- 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.
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How to pronounce giraffe
An Inside Look into the San Diego Zoo

This shot here, is once we had giraffe out there
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “giraffe”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- 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.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.
- (Internet slang, uncommon) A very tall individual.
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