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English

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Graffiti on the Berlin Wall, November 1989

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian graffiti.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹəˈfiːti/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹəˈfiti/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːti

Noun

graffiti (usually uncountable, plural graffiti)

  1. (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.
  2. (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; compare millennium, plural millennia); and graffiti itself, unmodified.

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Verb

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.

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Further reading

Danish

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Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.

Noun

graffiti c (singular definite graffitien, plural indefinite graffiti)

  1. graffiti

Dutch

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Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.

Pronunciation

Noun

graffiti m (plural graffiti or graffiti's)

  1. graffiti

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian graffiti.

Pronunciation

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
abessive graffititta graffiteitta
instructive — graffitein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of graffiti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative graffitini graffitini
accusative nom. graffitini graffitini
gen. graffitini
genitive graffitini graffitieni
partitive graffitiani graffitejani
inessive graffitissani graffiteissani
elative graffitistani graffiteistani
illative graffitiini graffiteihini
adessive graffitillani graffiteillani
ablative graffitiltani graffiteiltani
allative graffitilleni graffiteilleni
essive graffitinani graffiteinani
translative graffitikseni graffiteikseni
abessive graffitittani graffiteittani
instructive — —
comitative — graffiteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative graffitisi graffitisi
accusative nom. graffitisi graffitisi
gen. graffitisi
genitive graffitisi graffitiesi
partitive graffitiasi graffitejasi
inessive graffitissasi graffiteissasi
elative graffitistasi graffiteistasi
illative graffitiisi graffiteihisi
adessive graffitillasi graffiteillasi
ablative graffitiltasi graffiteiltasi
allative graffitillesi graffiteillesi
essive graffitinasi graffiteinasi
translative graffitiksesi graffiteiksesi
abessive graffitittasi graffiteittasi
instructive — —
comitative — graffiteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative graffitimme graffitimme
accusative nom. graffitimme graffitimme
gen. graffitimme
genitive graffitimme graffitiemme
partitive graffitiamme graffitejamme
inessive graffitissamme graffiteissamme
elative graffitistamme graffiteistamme
illative graffitiimme graffiteihimme
adessive graffitillamme graffiteillamme
ablative graffitiltamme graffiteiltamme
allative graffitillemme graffiteillemme
essive graffitinamme graffiteinamme
translative graffitiksemme graffiteiksemme
abessive graffitittamme graffiteittamme
instructive — —
comitative — graffiteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative graffitinne graffitinne
accusative nom. graffitinne graffitinne
gen. graffitinne
genitive graffitinne graffitienne
partitive graffitianne graffitejanne
inessive graffitissanne graffiteissanne
elative graffitistanne graffiteistanne
illative graffitiinne graffiteihinne
adessive graffitillanne graffiteillanne
ablative graffitiltanne graffiteiltanne
allative graffitillenne graffiteillenne
essive graffitinanne graffiteinanne
translative graffitiksenne graffiteiksenne
abessive graffitittanne graffiteittanne
instructive — —
comitative — graffiteinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative graffitinsa graffitinsa
accusative nom. graffitinsa graffitinsa
gen. graffitinsa
genitive graffitinsa graffitiensa
partitive graffitiaan
graffitiansa 		graffitejaan
graffitejansa
inessive graffitissaan
graffitissansa 		graffiteissaan
graffiteissansa
elative graffitistaan
graffitistansa 		graffiteistaan
graffiteistansa
illative graffitiinsa graffiteihinsa
adessive graffitillaan
graffitillansa 		graffiteillaan
graffiteillansa
ablative graffitiltaan
graffitiltansa 		graffiteiltaan
graffiteiltansa
allative graffitilleen
graffitillensa 		graffiteilleen
graffiteillensa
essive graffitinaan
graffitinansa 		graffiteinaan
graffiteinansa
translative graffitikseen
graffitiksensa 		graffiteikseen
graffiteiksensa
abessive graffitittaan
graffitittansa 		graffiteittaan
graffiteittansa
instructive — —
comitative — graffiteineen
graffiteinensa

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Noun

graffiti m (uncountable)

  1. graffiti

Noun

graffiti m (plural graffitis)

  1. graffito

Further reading

Italian

Noun

graffiti m pl

  1. plural of graffito

Participle

graffiti m pl

  1. masculine plural of graffito

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.

Pronunciation

Audio (dialect: Oslo)(file)

Noun

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

  1. graffiti

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.

Noun

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

  1. graffiti

References

Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrafˈfi.ti/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -iti
  • Syllabification: graf‧fi‧ti

Noun

graffiti n (indeclinable)

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

Related terms

nouns

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian graffito.

Noun

graffiti n (uncountable)

  1. graffiti

Declension

declension of graffiti (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) graffiti graffitiul
genitive/dative (unui) graffiti graffitiului
vocative graffitiule

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian graffiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈfiti/
  • Rhymes: -iti
  • Syllabification: graf‧fi‧ti

Noun

graffiti m (plural graffitis)

  1. graffiti

Usage notes

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

Noun

graffiti c

  1. graffiti (whether authorized or not)
  2. (archaeology) graffiti

Declension

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

Synonyms

  • klotter (usually only when considered vandalism)

Derived terms

References

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