different between calligraphy vs graffiti

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), from ?????? (kállos, “beauty”) + ????? (gráph?, “to draw”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?-l?g'r?-fi, IPA^(key): /k??l????fi/

Noun

calligraphy (countable and uncountable, plural calligraphies)

1. (uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
   • 1981, Wayne E. Begley, 2: The Symbolic Role of Calligraphy on Three Imperial Mosques of Sh?h Jah?n, Joanna Gottfried Williams (editor), Kal?dar?ana: American Studies in the Art of India, page 7,

     This paper will explore the role of calligraphy on three royal mosques built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658): […] .
2. (countable) Any such style of decorative writing.
3. (countable) A document written in decorative style.
   • 2004, Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 7, page 169,

     Only a small number of Trungpa Rinpoche's calligraphies have been reproduced heretofore, some in very limited editions.

Synonyms

• (art or practice of decorative writing): chirography, penmanship

Related terms

• calligrapher
• calligraphic

Translations

Further reading

• calligraphy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• graphically

English

Alternative forms

• graffito

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian graffiti.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????fi?ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????fiti/
• Rhymes: -i?ti

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

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): /?raf?f?i.ti/

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 s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• graffiti in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian graffiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?fiti/, [??a?fi.t?i]

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