girafon
French, noun/ʒi.ʁa.fɔ̃/
girafon is spelled G-I-R-A-F-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Girafon is a French masculine noun meaning “baby giraffe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit de la girafe”.
What does girafon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebaby giraffe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit de la girafe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of girafon
- girafons plural
- girafonne
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce girafon?
- /ʒi.ʁa.fɔ̃/
- \ʒi.ʁa.fɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is girafon in French?
girafon appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).