-graph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix

that writes
that is written
that draws or shows
that is drawn or shown
A group of letters of a specified number.

Word forms

-graph -graphs

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph From Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos, “that writes, describes”), from γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”), whence also -graphy.

Synonyms

-gram

Related words

-graphy

Derived words

digraph trigraph tetragraph pentagraph monograph photograph paragraph

Translations

Catalan: -graf Czech: -graf Danish: -graf Finnish: -grafi French: -graphe German: -graph Hungarian: -gráf Indonesian: -graf Latin: -graphus Malay: -graf Norwegian Bokmål: -graf Norwegian Nynorsk: -graf Polish: -graf Portuguese: -grafo Russian: -граф Spanish: -grafo Ukrainian: -граф Ukrainian: -ґраф

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