graffiti

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• UK: /ɡɹəˈfiː.ti/
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• US: /ɡɹəˈfi.ti/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)bor. Italian graffire Italian graffito Italian graffitibor. English graffiti 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-.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: графі́ці (hrafíci) — drawings on a public surface
• Catalan: graffiti — drawings on a public surface
• Catalan: pintada — drawings on a public surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 塗鴉 /涂鸦 (túyā) — drawings on a public surface
• Danish: graffiti — drawings on a public surface
• Dutch: graffiti — drawings on a public surface
• Esperanto: grafitio — drawings on a public surface
• Esperanto: murskribaĉo — drawings on a public surface
• Finnish: graffiti — drawings on a public surface
• Finnish: töhrintä — drawings on a public surface
• French: graffiti — drawings on a public surface
• French: graff — drawings on a public surface
• Galician: graffiti — drawings on a public surface
• Galician: pintada — drawings on a public surface
• German: Graffito — drawings on a public surface
• German: Graffiti — drawings on a public surface
• Hawaiian: kahakaha kolohe — drawings on a public surface
• Hungarian: falfirka — drawings on a public surface
• Icelandic: veggjakrot — drawings on a public surface
• Irish: graifítí — drawings on a public surface
• Italian: graffitismo — drawings on a public surface
• Japanese: 落書き (rakugaki) — drawings on a public surface
• Japanese: グラフィティ (gurafiti) — drawings on a public surface
• Korean: 그라피티 (geurapiti) — drawings on a public surface
• Korean: 그래피티 (geuraepiti) — drawings on a public surface
• Macedonian: графи́ти (grafíti) — drawings on a public surface
• Māori: karawhiti — drawings on a public surface
• Marathi: ग्राफिटी (grāphiṭī) — drawings on a public surface
• Polish: graffiti — drawings on a public surface
• Portuguese: grafite — drawings on a public surface
• Portuguese: pichação — drawings on a public surface
• Portuguese: grafito — drawings on a public surface
• Portuguese: grafíti — drawings on a public surface
• Russian: граффи́ти (graffíti) — drawings on a public surface
• Serbo-Croatian: графити — drawings on a public surface
• Serbo-Croatian: grafiti — drawings on a public surface
• Slovak: grafit — drawings on a public surface
• Slovak: grafity — drawings on a public surface
• Spanish: grafiti — drawings on a public surface
• Swahili: grafiti — drawings on a public surface
• Swedish: graffiti — drawings on a public surface
• Swedish: klotter — drawings on a public surface
• Turkish: grafiti — drawings on a public surface
• Ukrainian: графі́ті (hrafíti) — drawings on a public surface
• Welsh: graffiti — drawings on a public surface
• Yiddish: וואַנט־שמירעכצן (vant-shmirekhtsn) — drawings on a public surface
• Yiddish: גראַפֿיטי (grafiti) — drawings on a public surface
• Yiddish: וואַנט־קאַטאָוועסן (vant-katovesn) — drawings on a public surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 漆鴉 /漆鸦 (qīyā) — create graffiti
• Finnish: tehdä graffiti — create graffiti
• Finnish: töhriä — create graffiti
• Portuguese: pichar — create graffiti
• Portuguese: grafitar — create graffiti
• Spanish: grafitar — create graffiti
• Swedish: måla graffiti — create graffiti
• Swedish: klottra — create graffiti
• Swedish: bomba — create graffiti
• Turkish: grafiti yapmak — create graffiti