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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesgrafia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
"A grafia correta deve seguir o acordo ortográfico."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A suffix or combining form used to denote a process, method, or art of drawing, writing, recording, or representing.
"The museum featured an extensive exhibition on early forms of photography." - 2
An informal standalone abbreviation or shorthand reference to a graphic art, writing system, or descriptive science.
"Modern digital media relies heavily on advanced graphy to communicate complex data."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek suffix -graphia, meaning writing, recording, or description, originating from graphein meaning to write. It evolved in English as a productive combining form and occasional standalone clipping used to denote a specific process, art, or style of writing, recording, or visual representation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Graphy" is said worldwide
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graphie
Transliteration: /ɡʁa.fi/
"Cette graphie est caractéristique de l'ancien français."
Grafie
Transliteration: /ˈɡʁaːfiː/
"Die korrekte Grafie dieses Wortes wird oft diskutiert."
grafia
Transliteration: /ɡraˈfi.a/
"La grafia di questo termine deriva dal greco antico."
grafía
Transliteration: /ɡɾaˈfi.a/
"La grafía moderna de la palabra ha cambiado con el tiempo."
grafia
Transliteration: /ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
"A grafia correta deve seguir o acordo ortográfico."
लेखन पद्धति
Transliteration: lekhan paddhati
"इस भाषा की लेखन पद्धति बहुत पुरानी है।"
书写体
Transliteration: shūxiě tǐ
"这种书写体在古代非常流行。"
서체
Transliteration: seoche
"이 문서의 서체는 매우 독특하다."
書体
Transliteration: shotai
"このデザインには新しい書体が使用されている。"
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