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English[edit]

Graffiti on the Berlin Wall, November 1989
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian graffiti.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
graffiti (uncountable)
- (chiefly uncountable) A form of vandalism involving painting text or images in public places.
- (chiefly uncountable) A form of art involving painting text or images in public places.
- (archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
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; 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[edit]
- (archaeology): cave painting; epigraphy
- (art): street art
- (vandalism): defacement
Translations[edit]
form of vandalism
form of art
See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
graffiti (third-person singular simple present graffitis, present participle graffitiing, simple past and past participle graffitied)
Translations[edit]
See also[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
graffiti
Declension[edit]
Inflection of graffiti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
graffiti m (uncountable)
graffiti m (plural graffitis)
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
graffiti m pl
Verb[edit]
graffiti m
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (dialect: Oslo) | (file) |
Noun[edit]
graffiti m (definite singular graffitien, indefinite plural graffitier, definite plural graffitiene)
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)
References[edit]
- “graffiti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
graffiti m (plural graffitis)
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
graffiti c
- graffiti; a form of vandalism involving painted text or images in public places
- graffiti; any graffiti art produced as a result of that act of vandalism
Declension[edit]
Declension of graffiti | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | graffiti | graffitin | — | — |
Genitive | graffitis | graffitins | — | — |
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