graffiti
See also: Graffiti
English
Graffiti on the Berlin Wall, November 1989
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
graffiti (uncountable)
- (chiefly uncountable) A form of vandalism involving painting text or images in public places.
- (chiefly uncountable) A form of art involving painting text or images in public places.
- (archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
Usage notes
- There is no universal singular form to denote a single piece of graffiti. In archaeology, and occasionally elsewhere, graffito is used, reflecting the Italian singular. There is some non-standard usage of graffitus, as though it were Latin (compare focus, plural foci); graffitum, also Latin sounding (though this would technically form the plural *graffita; cf. millennium, plural millennia); and graffiti itself, unmodified.
- There is no clear dividing line between graffiti that constitutes art and that consitutes vandalism; in cases where this word may be misinterpreted, consider using a synonym.
Synonyms
- (archaeology): cave painting
- (art): street art
- (vandalism): defacement
Translations
See also
Verb
graffiti (third-person singular simple present graffitis, present participle graffitiing, simple past and past participle graffitied)
Translations
See also
- deface
- graffiti art
- graffiti artist
- hip-hop
- tagging
- vandalism
Finnish
Noun
graffiti
Declension
| Inflection of graffiti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | graffiti | graffitit | |
| genitive | graffitin | graffitien | |
| partitive | graffitia | graffiteja | |
| illative | graffitiin | graffiteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | graffiti | graffitit | |
| accusative | nom. | graffiti | graffitit |
| gen. | graffitin | ||
| genitive | graffitin | graffitien | |
| partitive | graffitia | graffiteja | |
| inessive | graffitissa | graffiteissa | |
| elative | graffitista | graffiteista | |
| illative | graffitiin | graffiteihin | |
| adessive | graffitilla | graffiteilla | |
| ablative | graffitilta | graffiteilta | |
| allative | graffitille | graffiteille | |
| essive | graffitina | graffiteina | |
| translative | graffitiksi | graffiteiksi | |
| instructive | — | graffitein | |
| abessive | graffititta | graffiteitta | |
| comitative | — | graffiteineen | |
French
Noun
graffiti m (uncountable)
graffiti m (plural graffitis)
Italian
Noun
graffiti m pl
- plural of graffito
Verb
graffiti m
- plural of graffito
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
| Audio (dialect: Oslo) | (file) |
Noun
graffiti m (definite singular graffitien, indefinite plural graffitier, definite plural graffitiene)
References
- “graffiti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
graffiti m (definite singular graffitien, indefinite plural graffitiar, definite plural graffitiane)
References
- “graffiti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Noun
graffiti m (plural graffitis)
Swedish
Noun
graffiti c
- graffiti; a form of vandalism involving painted text or images in public places
- graffiti; any graffiti art produced as a result of that act of vandalism
Declension
| Declension of graffiti | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | graffiti | graffitin | — | — |
| Genitive | graffitis | graffitins | — | — |
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