-graphy

See also: graphy

English

Etymology

From French -graphie, inherited from Latin -graphia, borrowed from Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía), from γραφή (graphḗ, “writing, drawing, description”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ɡɹəfi/, with the preceding syllable receiving primary stress

Suffix

-graphy

1. Something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.
2. Field of study

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -graphy

Related terms

• -graph

Translations

Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject

• Asturian: -grafía f
• Catalan: -grafia (ca) f
• Czech: -grafie f
• Danish: -grafi c or n
• Dutch: -grafie (nl)
• Finnish: -grafia
• French: graphie (fr) f
• Galician: -grafía (gl) f
• German: -graphie (de)
• Hungarian: -gráfia
• Irish: -grafaíocht f
• Italian: -grafia (it) f
• Latin: -graphia f, *-scrībia f
• Malay: -grafi (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -grafi m

  Nynorsk: -grafi m

• Polish: -grafia (pl) f
• Portuguese: -grafia (pt) f
• Romanian: -grafie
• Russian: -графия (-grafija)
• Serbo-Croatian: -grafija, -pis
• Spanish: -grafía (es) f

Further reading

• -graphy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia