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graffito

US/ɡɹəˈfitoʊ/

graffito noun: an informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal.

Noun

graffito (plural graffiti)

  1. (archaeology and related fields) An informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal.
  2. (rare) A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense.
    • One officer got out to inspect the graffito.1982 April 24, Bob Nelson, “NY Cops Harass Activist Writing Graffiti”, in Gay Community News, page 3

Synonyms of graffito

Forms of graffito

pluralgraffiti

Plural of graffito: graffiti

Origin of graffito

Borrowed from Italian graffito.

Questions about graffito

What does graffito mean?
Graffito means an informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal.
What part of speech is graffito?
Graffito is a noun.
How do you pronounce graffito?
Graffito is pronounced /ɡɹəˈfitoʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of graffito?
The plural of graffito is graffiti.

Words near graffito in the dictionary

  1. graffitiless
  2. graffitilike
  3. graffitis
  4. graffitist
  5. graffitists
  6. graffito
  7. graffitologist
  8. graffitologists
  9. graffitology
  10. graffitus
  11. graffs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: graffito (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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