graffiti

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

pintada

grafiti

grafitti

Sinònims

graffito

scribble

scribbling

scrawl

face painting

doodling

tag

daub

Traduccions

Graffiti

graffiti

pintada

grafite

tag

graffito

graffiti

grafiti

Wandschmiererei

Graffito

Geschmiere

Graffiti

جرافيتي

Wandmalereien

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡɹəˈfiːti/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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-.

Frases

Many of these decorations have been covered with graffiti .