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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From German Graf ( “ count ” ) . Doublet of graaf and grave .
Noun
graf (plural grafs )
( uncommon , now historical ) A German or Austrian count .
1843 February, "Graf de Tropp", in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country , volume 27 , :
Without ceremony, the Graf , on his entering the drawing-room, seated himself at the piano-forte , and proposed affording his new friends "a leetle example" how music was performed in Hungary.
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
Phonetic respelling of clipping of paragraph .
Noun
graf (plural grafs )
( journalism , slang ) A paragraph .
2010 January 27, Matt Taibbi , “Populism: Just Like Racism!”, in True/Slant , archived from the original on 2013-01-19 :Brooks lays out the crux of his case his case in his first three grafs of his article:
Etymology 3
Noun
graf (uncountable )
Alternative spelling of graff ( “ graffiti ” )
2002 , Janice Rahn, Painting Without Permission: Hip-hop Graffiti Subculture , page 7:For example, a current trend in graf is to simulate a three-dimensional effect (see Figure 1.2). No one graf artist is associated with having developed this method.
2012 , P. D. Smith, City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age , page 84 :Naar had been photographing the 'palimpsest of writings and marks on walls' since 1955 and he says his interest in graf is 'political, in the Greek sense of engagement with the life of the "polis", or city-state'.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch graf and graft (see the plural).
Pronunciation
Noun
graf (plural grafte )
grave
Albanian
Verb
graf (aorist grafa , participle grafë )
Gheg form of grah ( “ to incite; bellow, roar; rattle ” ) [ 1]
References
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
graf m (plural grafs )
( mathematics ) graph
Further reading
Czech
graf
graf
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek γράφω ( gráphō ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
graf m inan
graph ( mathematical diagram )
( graph theory ) graph ( nodes and edges connecting the nodes )
chart ( graphical presentation )
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
“graf ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“graf ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From English graph .
Noun
graf
graph , visualization of an equation or a function
( graph theory ) graph
Declension
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch graf , from Old Dutch *graf , from Proto-Germanic *grabą , *grabō ( “ grave, trench, ditch ” ) .
Noun
graf n (plural graven , diminutive grafje n )
grave
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From French grave ( “ serious, grave ” ) . Most likely influenced by Dutch erg which can mean "serious, grave" as well as "very". The alternative form graaf ( “ very ” ) , also slang, has the same origin and meaning, but stays closer to the original French pronunciation.
Adverb
graf
( slang , Belgium ) very
Dat is graf duur — That's very expensive
French
Noun
graf m (plural grafs )
( slang ) Clipping of graffiti .
L’usage du tag et du graf s’affirme d’autant plus comme un pouvoir de communication tribale constituant un code secret. The use of tags and graffiti is establishing itself all the more as a means of tribal communication constituting a secret code.
Further reading
Icelandic
Noun
graf n (genitive singular grafs , nominative plural gröf )
graph , chart
Declension
Declension of graf (neuter )
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English graph .
Pronunciation
Noun
graf (plural graf -graf )
( linguistics , typography ) graph : A graphical unit on the token-level , the abstracted fundamental shape of a character or letter as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting on the instance-level ) and as distinct by a grapheme on the type-level by not fundamentally distinguishing meaning .
Synonym: huruf
Further reading
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English graph .
Noun
graf m (genitive singular graif , nominative plural graif )
graph , chart
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
graf (present analytic grafann , future analytic grafaidh , verbal noun grafadh , past participle grafa )
( transitive , intransitive , literary ) write ; draw , sketch
( transitive , mathematics , statistics ) graph, plot , chart
Conjugation
singular
plural
relative
autonomous
first
second
third
first
second
third
indicative
present
grafaim
grafann tú; grafair †
grafann sé, sí
grafaimid
grafann sibh
grafann siad; grafaid †
a ghrafann ; a ghrafas / a ngrafann *
graftar
past
ghraf mé; ghrafas
ghraf tú; ghrafais
ghraf sé, sí
ghrafamar ; ghraf muid
ghraf sibh; ghrafabhair
ghraf siad; ghrafadar
a ghraf / ar ghraf *
grafadh
past habitual
ghrafainn / ngrafainn ‡‡
ghraftá / ngraftá ‡‡
ghrafadh sé, sí / ngrafadh sé, s퇇
ghrafaimis ; ghrafadh muid / ngrafaimis ‡‡; ngrafadh muid‡‡
ghrafadh sibh / ngrafadh sibh‡‡
ghrafaidís ; ghrafadh siad / ngrafaidís ‡‡; ngrafadh siad‡‡
a ghrafadh / a ngrafadh *
ghraftaí / ngraftaí ‡‡
future
grafaidh mé; grafad
grafaidh tú; grafair †
grafaidh sé, sí
grafaimid ; grafaidh muid
grafaidh sibh
grafaidh siad; grafaid †
a ghrafaidh ; a ghrafas / a ngrafaidh *
grafar
conditional
ghrafainn / ngrafainn ‡‡
ghrafá / ngrafá ‡‡
ghrafadh sé, sí / ngrafadh sé, s퇇
ghrafaimis ; ghrafadh muid / ngrafaimis ‡‡; ngrafadh muid‡‡
ghrafadh sibh / ngrafadh sibh‡‡
ghrafaidís ; ghrafadh siad / ngrafaidís ‡‡; ngrafadh siad‡‡
a ghrafadh / a ngrafadh *
ghrafaí / ngrafaí ‡‡
subjunctive
present
go ngrafa mé; go ngrafad †
go ngrafa tú; go ngrafair †
go ngrafa sé, sí
go ngrafaimid ; go ngrafa muid
go ngrafa sibh
go ngrafa siad; go ngrafaid †
—
go ngraftar
past
dá ngrafainn
dá ngraftá
dá ngrafadh sé, sí
dá ngrafaimis ; dá ngrafadh muid
dá ngrafadh sibh
dá ngrafaidís ; dá ngrafadh siad
—
dá ngraftaí
imperative
grafaim
graf
grafadh sé, sí
grafaimis
grafaigí ; grafaidh †
grafaidís
—
graftar
verbal noun
grafadh
past participle
graftha
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Graf .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡraf/
Rhymes: -af
Syllabification: graf
Noun
graf m inan
count
Synonym: hrabia
Declension
Further reading
Sychta, Bernard (1967 ) “grafa”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects ] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 354
Jan Trepczyk (1994 ) “hrabia”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011 ) “hrabia”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
“graf ”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language ], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Middle English
Noun
graf
Alternative form of grave
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English graph .
Noun
graf m (definite singular grafen , indefinite plural grafer , definite plural grafene )
graph (diagram )
References
“graf” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English graph .
Noun
graf m (definite singular grafen , indefinite plural grafar , definite plural grafane )
graph (diagram )
References
“graf” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old English
Etymology
Uncertain, lacking cognates in other Germanic languages. Perhaps from grafan ( “ to dig ” ) , similar to drāf ( “ drove ” ) and drifan .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
grāf ?
grove
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Descendants
References
^ Puppel, S. (2010). Language History and Linguistic Modelling: A Festschrift for Jacek Fisiak on His 60th Birthday. Germany: De Gruyter., p. 134-135
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
graf m or f (plural graves )
Apocopic form of grave ; serious ; grave ; major
c. 1200 , Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar , f. 17v :e la coſa graf q̃ nã podrã iudgar adugã la aty. e iudgar laas. And any grave matter they cannot judge themselves they will bring to you, so that you may judge it.
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polish grof . Doublet of grabia and hrabia .
Noun
graf m pers
( historical ) count ( male ruler of a county )
Synonyms: grabia , hrabia
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Internationalism ; compare English graph , French graphe , German Graph , ultimately from Ancient Greek γράφειν ( gráphein ) .
Noun
graf m inan
( mathematics ) graph
Hypernym: wykres
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Clipping of autograf .
Noun
graf m inan
( slang ) autograph
Synonym: autograf
Declension
Further reading
graf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
graf in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French graph .
Noun
graf n (plural grafuri )
graph
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Graf .
Noun
graf m (plural grafi )
count
Declension
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
graf m (genitive singular grafa , plural grafaichean )
graph
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
grȁf m (Cyrillic spelling гра̏ф )
( mathematics ) graph
( graph theory ) graph
Declension
Swedish
Etymology 1
From English graph , shortened from graphic formula .
Pronunciation
Noun
graf c
( mathematics ) graph , the set
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( graph theory ) graph; an ordered set (V ,E ) of edges which joins to the vertices such that each of the edge's ends is located at a vertex
Declension
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
graf c
Obsolete spelling of grav .
Declension
Volapük
Noun
graf (nominative plural grafs )
count (ruler of a county)
Declension
declension of graf
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms