"-graph" meaning in English

See -graph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek suffix -γραφω (-graphō), from γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”), whence also -graphy. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gerbʰ-}}, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|-γραφω}} -γραφω (-graphō), {{m|grc|γράφω||to scratch, to scrape, to graze}} γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”), {{m|en|-graphy}} -graphy Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -graph, {{en-suffix}} -graph
  1. that writes Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--graph-en-suffix-7ILcZbkD
  2. (metonymically) that is written Tags: metonymically, morpheme Synonyms (that written): -gram
    Sense id: en--graph-en-suffix-qtveUW0Q Categories (other): English metonyms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 48 3 42 2 Disambiguation of 'that written': 18 63 6 7 5
  3. (by analogy) that draws or shows Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--graph-en-suffix-EpJvahtU
  4. (metonymically) that is drawn or shown Tags: metonymically, morpheme Synonyms (that drawn or show): -gram
    Sense id: en--graph-en-suffix-b5zG22Yy Categories (other): English metonyms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 48 3 42 2 Disambiguation of 'that drawn or show': 5 6 36 51 3
  5. A group of letters of a specified number. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--graph-en-suffix-RHCaYvHf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: digraph, trigraph, tetragraph, pentagraph, monograph, photograph, paragraph Related terms: -graphy Translations (something related to writing etc.): -graf [masculine] (Catalan), -graf [masculine] (Czech), -graf [common-gender] (Danish), -grafi (Finnish), -graphe (French), -graph (German), -gráf (Hungarian), -graphus (Latin), -graf (Malay), -graf [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), -graf [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), -graf [masculine] (Polish), -grafo [masculine] (Portuguese), -граф (-graf) [masculine] (Russian), -grafo (Spanish), -граф (-hraf) [masculine] (Ukrainian), -ґраф (-graf) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'something related to writing etc.': 32 27 13 20 9

Download JSON data for -graph meaning in English (5.3kB)

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      "word": "digraph"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trigraph"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tetragraph"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pentagraph"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "monograph"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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      "expansion": "-γραφω (-graphō)",
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          "text": "stenograph"
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        "that writes"
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        "that is written"
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        "(metonymically) that is written"
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        "that draws or shows"
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        "(by analogy) that draws or shows"
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        "that is drawn or shown"
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        "(metonymically) that is drawn or shown"
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "A group of letters of a specified number."
      ],
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        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-grafi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-graphe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-graph"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-gráf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-graphus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-grafo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-graf",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-граф"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-grafo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-hraf",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-граф"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 27 13 20 9",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-graf",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ґраф"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-graph"
}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gerbʰ-"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "digraph"
    },
    {
      "word": "trigraph"
    },
    {
      "word": "tetragraph"
    },
    {
      "word": "pentagraph"
    },
    {
      "word": "monograph"
    },
    {
      "word": "photograph"
    },
    {
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    }
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      },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to scratch, to scrape, to graze"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        {
          "text": "stenograph"
        }
      ],
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        "that writes"
      ],
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          "write"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "that is written"
      ],
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        "(metonymically) that is written"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that draws or shows"
      ],
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        "(by analogy) that draws or shows"
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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        "English metonyms"
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        {
          "text": "photograph"
        }
      ],
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        "that is drawn or shown"
      ],
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        "(metonymically) that is drawn or shown"
      ],
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        "metonymically",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "A group of letters of a specified number."
      ],
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          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "that written",
      "word": "-gram"
    },
    {
      "sense": "that drawn or show",
      "word": "-gram"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-grafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-graphe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-graph"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-gráf"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-graphus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-graf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-grafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-graf",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-граф"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "word": "-grafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-hraf",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-граф"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-graf",
      "sense": "something related to writing etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ґраф"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-graph"
}

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