-graphy
/-ɡɹəfi/
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South Asia/-ˈɡrafi/
-graphy suffix: something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.
Suffix
-graphy (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -graphies)
- Something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.
- Field of study.
Forms of -graphy
| plural | -graphies |
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Origin of -graphy
From French -graphie, inherited from Latin -graphia, borrowed from Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía), from γραφή (graphḗ, “writing, drawing, description”). By surface analysis, -graph + -y.
Questions about -graphy
- What does -graphy mean?
- -graphy means something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.
- What part of speech is -graphy?
- -graphy is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -graphy?
- -graphy is pronounced /-ɡɹəfi/.
Words near -graphy in the dictionary
Source and license
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