graf

See also: graaf, Graf, gráf, and -graf

English

Etymology 1

From German Graf (“count”).

Noun

graf (plural grafs)

  1. (uncommon, now historical) A German or Austrian count.
    • 1843 February, "Graf de Tropp", in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 27, [books.google.com/books?id=9ZUtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA200 page 200]:
      Without ceremony, the Graf, on his entering the drawing-room, seated himself at the piano-forte, and proposed affording his new friends "a leetle example" how music was performed in Hungary.

Etymology 2

Phonetic respelling of abbreviation of paragraph.

Noun

graf (plural grafs)

  1. (journalism, slang) A paragraph.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch graf.

Noun

graf (plural grafte)

  1. grave

Czech

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Noun

graf m

  1. graph (mathematical diagram)
  2. (graph theory) graph (nodes and edges connecting the nodes)
  3. chart (graphical presentation)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • graf in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • graf in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

graf

  1. graph, visualization of an equation or a function
  2. (graph theory) graph

Declension

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣrɑf/
  • Rhymes: -ɑf
  • audio(file)

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *graf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”).

Noun

graf n (plural graven, diminutive grafje n)

  1. grave
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French grave (“serious, grave”). Most likely influenced by Dutch erg which can mean "serious, grave" as well as "very". The alternative form graaf (“very”), also slang, has the same origin and meaning, but stays closer to the original French pronunciation.

Adverb

graf

  1. (slang) very
    Dat is graf duur — That's very expensive

French

Noun

graf m (plural grafs)

  1. (slang) graffiti
    L'usage du tag et du graf s'affirme d'autant plus comme un pouvoir de communication tribale constituant un code secret.

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English graph.

Noun

graf m (genitive singular graif, nominative plural graif)

  1. graph, chart

Declension

Derived terms

  • grafachas m (“graphism”)

Verb

graf (present analytic grafann, future analytic grafaidh, verbal noun grafadh, past participle grafa)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, literary) write; draw, sketch
  2. (transitive, mathematics, statistics) graph, plot, chart

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
graf ghraf ngraf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Middle English

Noun

graf

  1. Alternative form of grave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English graph.

Noun

graf m (definite singular grafen, indefinite plural grafer, definite plural grafene)

  1. graph (diagram)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English graph.

Noun

graf m (definite singular grafen, indefinite plural grafar, definite plural grafane)

  1. graph (diagram)

References

Old English

Noun

grāf ?

  1. grove

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɾaɸ]

Adjective

graf m, f (plural graves)

  1. Apocopic form of grave; serious; grave; major
    • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 17v.
      e la coſa graf q̇ nȯ podrȧ iudgar adugȧ la aty. e iudgar laas.
      And any grave matter they cannot judge themselves they will bring to you, so that you may judge it.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraf/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

graf m inan

  1. (mathematics) graph

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

graf m (genitive singular grafa, plural grafaichean)

  1. graph

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

grȁf m (Cyrillic spelling гра̏ф)

  1. (mathematics) graph
  2. (graph theory) graph

Declension

Swedish

Noun

graf c

  1. (mathematics) graph, the set
  2. (graph theory) graph; an ordered set (V,E) of edges which joins to the vertices such that each of the edge's ends is located at a vertex
  3. Obsolete spelling of grav

Declension

Declension of graf 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative graf grafen grafer graferna
Genitive grafs grafens grafers grafernas
Declension of graf 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative graf grafven grafvar grafvarna
Genitive grafs grafvens grafvars grafvarnas

See also

Volapük

Noun

graf (plural grafs)

  1. count (ruler of a county)

Declension

Derived terms

  • grafän
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