graffiti vs graffito what difference

what is difference between graffiti and graffito

English

Alternative forms

• graffito

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian graffiti.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈfiːti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈfiti/
• Rhymes: -iːti

Noun

graffiti (usually uncountable, plural graffiti)

1. (chiefly uncountable) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.

2. (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.

Synonyms

• (archaeology): cave painting; epigraphy

Translations

See also

• sgraffito

Verb

graffiti (third-person singular simple present graffitis, present participle graffitiing, simple past and past participle graffitied)

1. (transitive) To mark a surface with such images.

Translations

See also

• graffiti art
• graffiti artist
• hip-hop
• street art
• tagging

Further reading

• graffiti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• graffiti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Danish

Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito

Noun

graffiti c (singular definite graffitien, plural indefinite graffiti)

1. graffiti

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito

Noun

graffiti m (plural graffiti or graffiti’s)

1. graffiti

Finnish

Noun

graffiti

1. graffiti

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

graffiti m (uncountable)

1. graffiti

graffiti m (plural graffitis)

1. graffito

Italian

Noun

graffiti m pl

1. plural of graffito

Verb

graffiti m

1. plural of graffito

Anagrams

• griffati

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito

Pronunciation

Noun

graffiti m (definite singular graffitien, indefinite plural graffitier, definite plural graffitiene)

1. graffiti

References

• “graffiti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito

Noun

graffiti m (definite singular graffitien, indefinite plural graffitiar, definite plural graffitiane)

1. graffiti

References

• “graffiti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English graffiti, from Italian graffiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrafˈfʲi.ti/
• Hyphenation: gra‧ffi‧ti
• Rhymes: -iti

Noun

graffiti n (indeclinable)

1. graffiti (drawings on a surface)
2. (archaeology) graffiti (informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions)

Related terms

• (nouns) grafficiarz, graffitoman

Further reading

• graffiti in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• graffiti in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian graffiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈfiti/, [ɡɾaˈfi.t̪i]

Noun

graffiti m (plural graffitis)

1. graffiti

Swedish

Noun

graffiti c

1. graffiti; a form of vandalism involving painted text or images in public places
2. graffiti; any graffiti art produced as a result of that act of vandalism

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian graffito.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈfitoʊ/, [ɡɹəˈfiɾoʊ̯]

Noun

graffito (plural graffiti)

1. (archaeology and related fields) An informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal.
2. (rare) A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense.

Synonyms

• graffitus

Usage notes

Outside of archaeology, graffiti or “a piece of graffiti” is used for the singular. As graffiti is borrowed from a plural form, prescriptivists consider singular use of graffiti incorrect: compare data/datum. The use of “graffiti” in contemporary art is a synonym to “Tags-Throw-ups-Pieces”, TTP in short.

References

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrafˈfi.to/
• Hyphenation: graf‧fì‧to

Noun

graffito m (plural graffiti)

1. graffiti

Verb

graffito (feminine graffita, masculine plural graffiti, feminine plural graffite)

1. past participle of graffire

Related terms

• graffiata
• graffio

Anagrams

• goffrati, griffato

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