"graffito" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɹəˈfitoʊ/ [General-American], [ɡɹəˈfiɾoʊ̯] [General-American] Forms: graffiti [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)bor. Italian graffire Italian graffitobor. English graffito Borrowed from Italian graffito. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|it:graffito|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)bor. Italian graffire Italian graffitobor. English graffito [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to write", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to scratch", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to carve", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gerbʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*grə́pʰō", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "γρᾰ́φω", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "graffire", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "graffito", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "graffito", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="graffito"> Borrowed from Italian graffito. Head templates: {{en-noun|graffiti}} graffito (plural graffiti)
  1. (archaeology and related fields) An informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal.
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  2. (rare) A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense. Tags: rare
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: graffitus
Categories (other): Crime Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0
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