graffiti

• graffito

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-.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈfiː.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈfi.ti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːti
• Hyphenation: graf‧fi‧ti

graffiti (usually uncountable, plural graffiti)

2. (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.

3. (archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.

   Synonyms: cave painting, epigraphy

• 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.

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

1. (transitive) To mark a surface with such images.

• hip-hop
• street art
• tagging
• sgraffito

• graffiti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:graffiti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.

graffiti c (singular definite graffitien, plural indefinite graffiti)

1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito. The pronunciation with /ɛ/ is pseudo-English.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛ.fə.ti/, /ɡraːˈfi.ti/, /ɣraːˈfi.ti/

• Audio:

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graffiti m (plural graffiti or graffiti's, no diminutive)

1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

From Italian graffiti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑfːiti/, [ˈɡrɑ̝fːit̪i]
• Rhymes: -ɑfːiti
• Syllabification^(key): graf‧fi‧ti
• Hyphenation^(key): graf‧fi‧ti

graffiti

1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

• “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

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.fi.ti/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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graffiti m (countable and uncountable, plural graffitis)

1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

• “graffiti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

graffiti m pl

1. plural of graffito

graffiti m pl

1. masculine plural of graffito

• griffati

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.

• Audio (Standard East Norwegian):

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

1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

• “graffiti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.

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

1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

• “graffiti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Internationalism; compare English graffiti, French graffiti, German Graffiti, ultimately from Italian graffiti.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrafˈfi.ti/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iti
• Syllabification: graf‧fi‧ti

graffiti n (indeclinable)

1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
2. (archaeology) graffiti (informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions)

• graffiti in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• graffiti in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from Italian graffito.

graffiti n (uncountable)

1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

• grafiti

Unadapted borrowing from Italian graffiti.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈfiti/ [ɡɾaˈfi.t̪i]
• Rhymes: -iti
• Syllabification: graf‧fi‧ti

graffiti m (plural graffitis)

1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

• 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.

graffiti c

1. graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

   Synonym: klotter

2. (archaeology) graffiti

• graffitikonstnär (“graffiti artist”)

• graffiti in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• graffiti in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)