graffiti

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
2. (countable, usually) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.

Verb

To mark a surface with such images.

Sinonieme

graffito

scribble

scribbling

scrawl

face painting

doodling

tag

daub

Vertalings

Graffiti

graffiti

pintada

grafite

grafiti

graffiti

tag

graffito

Kritzelei

Wandschmierereien

Wandspruch

Wandmalereien

Graffito

grafitti

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡɹəˈfiːti/

Etimologie (Engels)

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-.

Sinne

Many of these decorations have been covered with graffiti .