graffiti

See also: Graffiti

English

Graffiti on the Berlin Wall, November 1989

Alternative forms

• graffito

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian graffiti.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈfiːti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈfiti/
• Rhymes: -iːti

Noun

graffiti (uncountable)

1. (chiefly uncountable) A form of vandalism involving painting text or images in public places.
2. (chiefly uncountable) A form of art involving painting text or images in public places.
3. (archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.

Usage notes

• There is no universal singular form to denote a single piece of graffiti. In archaeology, and occasionally elsewhere, graffito is used, reflecting the Italian singular. There is some non-standard usage of graffitus, as though it were Latin (compare focus, plural foci); graffitum, also Latin sounding (though this would technically form the plural *graffita; cf. millennium, plural millennia); and graffiti itself, unmodified.
• There is no clear dividing line between graffiti that constitutes art and that consitutes vandalism; in cases where this word may be misinterpreted, consider using a synonym.

Synonyms

• (archaeology): cave painting
• (art): street art
• (vandalism): defacement

Translations

form of vandalism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塗鴉 (zh), 涂鸦 (zh) (túyā)

• Esperanto: murskribaĉo
• Finnish: graffiti (fi), töhrintä
• Galician: graffiti m pl
• German: Graffito (de) m, n, Graffiti (de) m pl, n pl
• Icelandic: veggjakrot n
• Japanese: 落書き (ja) (らくがき, rakugaki), グラフィティ (gurafiti)
• Korean: 그라피토 (geurapito)
• Macedonian: графити m pl (grafíti)

• Maori: karawhiti
• Marathi: ग्राफिटी f (grafiṭī)
• Polish: graffiti (pl) m
• Portuguese: grafite (pt) m, pichação (pt)
• Russian: граффи́ти (ru) n (graffíti)
• Serbo-Croatian: графити m pl, grafiti (sh) m pl
• Slovak: grafit m, grafity m pl
• Spanish: grafiti (es)
• Swedish: graffiti (sv) c, klotter (sv) n

form of art

• Finnish: graffiti (fi)
• Galician: graffiti m pl

• Italian: graffitismo (it) m
• Swedish: graffiti (sv) c

See also

• sgraffito

Verb

graffiti (third-person singular simple present graffitis, present participle graffitiing, simple past and past participle graffitied)

1. To create such images

Translations

create graffiti

• Finnish: tehdä graffiti; töhriä (fi)

• Portuguese: pichar (pt), grafitar

See also

• deface
• graffiti art
• graffiti artist
• hip-hop
• tagging
• vandalism

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Finnish

Noun

graffiti

1. graffiti

Declension

Inflection of graffiti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		graffiti	graffitit
genitive		graffitin	graffitien
partitive		graffitia	graffiteja
illative		graffitiin	graffiteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		graffiti	graffitit
accusative	nom.	graffiti	graffitit
	gen.	graffitin
genitive		graffitin	graffitien
partitive		graffitia	graffiteja
inessive		graffitissa	graffiteissa
elative		graffitista	graffiteista
illative		graffitiin	graffiteihin
adessive		graffitilla	graffiteilla
ablative		graffitilta	graffiteilta
allative		graffitille	graffiteille
essive		graffitina	graffiteina
translative		graffitiksi	graffiteiksi
instructive		—	graffitein
abessive		graffititta	graffiteitta
comitative		—	graffiteineen

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French

Noun

graffiti m (uncountable)

1. graffiti

graffiti m (plural graffitis)

1. graffito

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Italian

Noun

graffiti m pl

1. plural of graffito

Verb

graffiti m

1. plural of graffito

Anagrams

• griffati

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito

Pronunciation

Audio (dialect: Oslo)

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Noun

graffiti m (definite singular graffitien, indefinite plural graffitier, definite plural graffitiene)

1. graffiti

References

• “graffiti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito

Noun

graffiti m (definite singular graffitien, indefinite plural graffitiar, definite plural graffitiane)

1. graffiti

References

• “graffiti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Spanish

Noun

graffiti m (plural graffitis)

1. graffiti

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Swedish

Noun

graffiti c

1. graffiti; a form of vandalism involving painted text or images in public places
2. graffiti; any graffiti art produced as a result of that act of vandalism

Declension

Declension of graffiti
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	graffiti	graffitin	—	—
Genitive	graffitis	graffitins	—	—