graffiti
See also: Graffiti
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
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Borrowed from Italian graffiti, from graffito, from graffire, borrowed from Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to write”), from Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹəˈfiː.ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹəˈfi.ti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːti
- Hyphenation: graf‧fi‧ti
Noun
[edit]graffiti (usually uncountable, plural graffiti)
- (chiefly uncountable) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
- The underpass is a popular place for graffiti artists.
- The city council spends thousands of pounds removing graffiti from public buildings.
- 2021 October 20, “Network News: NR and NH tackle graffiti vandalism”, in RAIL, number 942, page 9:
- The removal of unsightly graffiti on the sides of railway bridges spanning major roads in the North West is to be handed over to National Highways, to speed up the job.
- (archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
- Synonyms: cave painting, epigraphy
Usage notes
[edit]- 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; compare millennium, plural millennia); and graffiti itself, unmodified.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]drawings on a public surface
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Verb
[edit]graffiti (third-person singular simple present graffitis, present participle graffitiing, simple past and past participle graffitied)
- (transitive) To mark a surface with such images.
Translations
[edit]create graffiti
See also
[edit]Further reading
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graffiti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Category:graffiti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.
Noun
[edit]graffiti c (singular definite graffitien, plural indefinite graffiti)
- graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito. The pronunciation with /ɛ/ is pseudo-English.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]graffiti m (plural graffiti or graffiti's, no diminutive)
- graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɑfːiti/, [ˈɡrɑ̝fːit̪i]
- Rhymes: -ɑfːiti
- Syllabification(key): graf‧fi‧ti
- Hyphenation(key): graf‧fi‧ti
Noun
[edit]graffiti
- graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
Declension
[edit]| 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 | |
| abessive | graffititta | graffiteitta | |
| instructive | — | graffitein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “graffiti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
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[edit]Noun
[edit]graffiti m (countable and uncountable, plural graffitis)
- graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
Further reading
[edit]- “graffiti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]graffiti m pl
Participle
[edit]graffiti m pl
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Standard East Norwegian): (file)
Noun
[edit]graffiti m (definite singular graffitien, indefinite plural graffitier, definite plural graffitiene)
- graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
References
[edit]- “graffiti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.
Noun
[edit]graffiti m (definite singular graffitien, indefinite plural graffitiar, definite plural graffitiane)
- graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
References
[edit]- “graffiti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism; compare English graffiti, French graffiti, German Graffiti, ultimately from Italian graffiti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]graffiti n (indeclinable)
- graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
- (archaeology) graffiti (informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “graffiti”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “graffiti”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Italian graffito.
Noun
[edit]graffiti n (uncountable)
- graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | graffiti | graffitiul |
| genitive-dative | graffiti | graffitiului |
| vocative | graffitiule | |
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Italian graffiti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]graffiti m (plural graffitis)
- graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
Usage notes
[edit]- According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]graffiti c
- graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
- Synonym: klotter
- (archaeology) graffiti
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | graffiti | graffitis |
| definite | graffitin | graffitins | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- graffitikonstnär (“graffiti artist”)
References
[edit]- “graffiti”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “graffiti”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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