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Pronunciation / Transliteration: bhittichitra
"शहर की दीवारों पर कई रंगीन भित्तिचित्र बने हुए हैं।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.
"The city council launched a new campaign to clean up the offensive graffiti in the subway station."
- 1
To write or draw graffiti on a surface.
"Vandals broke into the train yard and graffitied several passenger cars overnight."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Italian word graffito, meaning 'a scratched mark', which itself stems from the Greek graphein 'to write'. It entered the English language in the late 19th century initially referring to ancient inscriptions, eventually evolving in the 20th century to describe modern spray-painted or marker art on public surfaces.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Graffiti" is said worldwide
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graffiti
Transliteration: ɡʁafiti
"Les murs de la ville sont couverts de graffitis colorés."
Graffiti
Transliteration: ɡʁaˈfɪti
"Die Wand war mit bunten Graffiti besprüht."
graffito
Transliteration: ɡrafˈfiːto
"Hanno trovato un antico graffito sulla parete della grotta."
grafiti
Transliteration: ɡɾaˈfiti
"El artista pintó un impresionante grafiti en la fachada."
grafite
Transliteration: ɡɾaˈfitʃi
"O grafite transformou o muro cinza em uma obra de arte."
भित्तिचित्र
Transliteration: bhittichitra
"शहर की दीवारों पर कई रंगीन भित्तिचित्र बने हुए हैं।"
涂鸦
Transliteration: túyā
"这条街的墙壁上有很多精美的涂鸦。"
그래피티
Transliteration: geuraepiti
"그 도시의 골목길은 화려한 그래피티로 가득하다."
落書き
Transliteration: rakugaki
"建物の壁に落書きをするのは違法です。"
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