graffiti

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

graffiti

tag

Graffiti

graf

Synonymes

graffito

scribble

scribbling

scrawl

face painting

doodling

tag

daub

Traductions

Graffiti

pintada

grafite

graffiti

graffito

grafiti

Kritzelei

grafitti

جرافيتي

Wandspruch

Wandschmierereien

Wandmalereien

Graffito

Wandschmiererei

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɹəˈfiːti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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-.

Phrases

Many of these decorations have been covered with graffiti .

Beaucoup de ces décorations ont été couvertes de graffitis.