# graffiti
## English
### Alternative forms

* graffito

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian graffiti.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɡɹəˈfiː.ti/
* (US) IPA: /ɡɹəˈfi.ti/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːti
* Hyphenation: graf‧fi‧ti

### Noun

graffiti (usually uncountable, plural graffiti)
* (chiefly uncountable) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
    The underpass is a popular place for graffiti artists.
    The city council spends thousands of pounds removing graffiti from public buildings.
** 2021 October 20, “Network News: NR and NH tackle graffiti vandalism”, in RAIL, number 942, page 9:The removal of unsightly graffiti on the sides of railway bridges spanning major roads in the North West is to be handed over to National Highways, to speed up the job.
* (archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
    Synonyms: cave painting, epigraphy

#### 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; compare millennium, plural millennia); and graffiti itself, unmodified.

#### Derived terms

* antigraffiti
* calligraffiti
* cybergraffiti
* digital graffiti
* giraffiti
* graffiti art
* graffiti artist
* graffiti bomber
* graffiti knitting
* graffitiless
* graffitilike
* graffitist
* graffitology
* nongraffiti
* reverse graffiti
* scratchiti
* scratchitti
* shoefiti

#### Translations
### Verb

graffiti (third-person singular simple present graffitis, present participle graffitiing, simple past and past participle graffitied)
* (transitive) To mark a surface with such images.

#### Translations
### See also

* hip-hop
* street art
* tagging
* sgraffito

### Further reading

* graffiti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Category:graffiti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## Danish
### Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.

### Noun

graffiti c (singular definite graffitien, plural indefinite graffiti)
* graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito. The pronunciation with /ɛ/ is pseudo-English.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrɛ.fə.ti/, /ɡraːˈfi.ti/, /ɣraːˈfi.ti/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

graffiti m (plural graffiti or graffiti's)
* graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian graffiti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrɑfːiti/, [ˈɡrɑ̝fːit̪i]
* Rhymes: -ɑfːiti
* Hyphenation: graf‧fi‧ti

### Noun

graffiti
* graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of graffiti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
graffitini
graffitini
accusative
nom.
graffitini
graffitini
gen.
graffitini
genitive
graffitini
graffitieni
partitive
graffitiani
graffitejani
inessive
graffitissani
graffiteissani
elative
graffitistani
graffiteistani
illative
graffitiini
graffiteihini
adessive
graffitillani
graffiteillani
ablative
graffitiltani
graffiteiltani
allative
graffitilleni
graffiteilleni
essive
graffitinani
graffiteinani
translative
graffitikseni
graffiteikseni
abessive
graffitittani
graffiteittani
instructive
comitative
—graffiteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
graffitisi
graffitisi
accusative
nom.
graffitisi
graffitisi
gen.
graffitisi
genitive
graffitisi
graffitiesi
partitive
graffitiasi
graffitejasi
inessive
graffitissasi
graffiteissasi
elative
graffitistasi
graffiteistasi
illative
graffitiisi
graffiteihisi
adessive
graffitillasi
graffiteillasi
ablative
graffitiltasi
graffiteiltasi
allative
graffitillesi
graffiteillesi
essive
graffitinasi
graffiteinasi
translative
graffitiksesi
graffiteiksesi
abessive
graffitittasi
graffiteittasi
instructive
comitative
—graffiteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
graffitimme
graffitimme
accusative
nom.
graffitimme
graffitimme
gen.
graffitimme
genitive
graffitimme
graffitiemme
partitive
graffitiamme
graffitejamme
inessive
graffitissamme
graffiteissamme
elative
graffitistamme
graffiteistamme
illative
graffitiimme
graffiteihimme
adessive
graffitillamme
graffiteillamme
ablative
graffitiltamme
graffiteiltamme
allative
graffitillemme
graffiteillemme
essive
graffitinamme
graffiteinamme
translative
graffitiksemme
graffiteiksemme
abessive
graffitittamme
graffiteittamme
instructive
comitative
—graffiteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
graffitinne
graffitinne
accusative
nom.
graffitinne
graffitinne
gen.
graffitinne
genitive
graffitinne
graffitienne
partitive
graffitianne
graffitejanne
inessive
graffitissanne
graffiteissanne
elative
graffitistanne
graffiteistanne
illative
graffitiinne
graffiteihinne
adessive
graffitillanne
graffiteillanne
ablative
graffitiltanne
graffiteiltanne
allative
graffitillenne
graffiteillenne
essive
graffitinanne
graffiteinanne
translative
graffitiksenne
graffiteiksenne
abessive
graffitittanne
graffiteittanne
instructive
comitative
—graffiteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
graffitinsa
graffitinsa
accusative
nom.
graffitinsa
graffitinsa
gen.
graffitinsa
genitive
graffitinsa
graffitiensa
partitive
graffitiaan graffitiansa
graffitejaan graffitejansa
inessive
graffitissaan graffitissansa
graffiteissaan graffiteissansa
elative
graffitistaan graffitistansa
graffiteistaan graffiteistansa
illative
graffitiinsa
graffiteihinsa
adessive
graffitillaan graffitillansa
graffiteillaan graffiteillansa
ablative
graffitiltaan graffitiltansa
graffiteiltaan graffiteiltansa
allative
graffitilleen graffitillensa
graffiteilleen graffiteillensa
essive
graffitinaan graffitinansa
graffiteinaan graffiteinansa
translative
graffitikseen graffitiksensa
graffiteikseen graffiteiksensa
abessive
graffitittaan graffitittansa
graffiteittaan graffiteittansa
instructive
comitative
—graffiteineen graffiteinensa :

#### Derived terms

* graffari

### Further reading

* “graffiti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʁa.fi.ti/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

graffiti m (countable and uncountable, plural graffitis)
* graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

### Further reading

* “graffiti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Noun

graffiti m pl
* plural of graffito

### Participle

graffiti m pl
* masculine plural of graffito

### Anagrams

* griffati

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Standard East Norwegian):(file)

### Noun

graffiti m (definite singular graffitien, indefinite plural graffitier, definite plural graffitiene)
* graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

### 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)
* graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

### References

* “graffiti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English graffiti, French graffiti, German Graffiti, ultimately from Italian graffiti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrafˈfi.ti/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iti
* Syllabification: graf‧fi‧ti

### Noun

graffiti n (indeclinable)
* graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
* (archaeology) graffiti (informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions)

#### Related terms

* grafficiarz
* graffitoman

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian graffito.

### Noun

graffiti n (uncountable)
* graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* grafiti

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian graffiti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɾaˈfiti/ [ɡɾaˈfi.t̪i]
* Rhymes: -iti
* Syllabification: graf‧fi‧ti

### Noun

graffiti m (plural graffitis)
* graffiti (drawings on a public surface)

#### Usage notes

* According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

## Swedish
### Noun

graffiti c
* graffiti (drawings on a public surface)
    Synonym: klotter
* (archaeology) graffiti

#### Derived terms

* graffitikonstnär (“graffiti artist”)

### References

* graffiti in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* graffiti in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)