graffiti

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
 * 2)  Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
 * 1)  Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
 * 1)  Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
 * 1)  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, is used, reflecting the Italian singular. There is some non-standard usage of, as though it were Latin (compare , plural ); , also Latin sounding (though this would technically form the plural *graffita; compare , plural ); and graffiti itself, unmodified.

Translations

 * Belarusian: графі́ці
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: murskribaĉo
 * Finnish:, töhrintä
 * French: ,
 * Galician: graffiti, pintada
 * German: ,
 * Icelandic: veggjakrot
 * Irish: graifítí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, グラフィティ
 * Korean: 그래피티
 * Macedonian: графи́ти
 * Maori: karawhiti
 * Marathi: ग्राफिटी
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , grafito, grafíti
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: графити,
 * Slovak: grafit, grafity
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Yiddish: וואַנט־שמירעכצן, גראַפֿיטי, וואַנט־קאַטאָוועסן

Verb

 * 1)  To mark a surface with such images.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 漆鴉
 * Finnish: tehdä graffiti;
 * Portuguese:, grafitar
 * Spanish: grafitar
 * Swedish: måla graffiti, ,
 * Turkish: grafiti yapmak

Etymology
From, plural of.

Etymology
From, plural of.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) graffiti

Noun

 * 1) graffito

Etymology
From, plural of.

Etymology
From, plural of.

Etymology

 * compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, ultimately from.

Etymology
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Alternative forms

 * grafiti

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  (whether authorized or not)

Synonyms

 * (usually only when considered vandalism)