Translingual

Etymology

Latin camelopardalis ‎(“giraffe”), from Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Camelopardalis f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Giraffidae – corresponding to Giraffa.

Derived terms

• Camelopardalidae
• Camelopardidae

English

Proper noun

Camelopardalis

1. (astronomy) A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.

Translations

Spanish

Proper noun

Camelopardalis ?

1. (astronomy) Camelopardalis (constellation)

Latin

Alternative forms

• camēlopardalus
• camēlopardus

Noun

camēlopardalis f ‎(genitive camēlopardalis); third declension

1. A giraffe, camelopard

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Descendants

• English: camelopard

See also

• camēlus

References

• camelopardalis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “camelopardalis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.