Meanings
suffix
- Forming adjectives pertaining to writing (of a type specified by the first element).
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- English-graphic
From Ancient Greek -γραφικός (-graphikós), or formed in English from -graphy + -ic.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans -grafies
- -grafiessuffix
Basque -grafiko
- -grafikosuffix
Bulgarian -графски
- -графски (-grafski)suffix
Catalan -gràfic
- -gràficsuffix
Czech -grafický
- -grafickýsuffix
Danish -grafisk
- -grafisksuffix
Dutch -grafisch
- -grafischsuffix
Esperanto -grafia
- -grafiasuffix
Estonian -graafiline
- -graafilinesuffix
Finnish -grafinen
- -grafinensuffix
French -graphique
- -graphiquesuffix
German -grafisch, -graphisch
- -grafischsuffix
- -graphischsuffix
Greek -γραφικός
- -γραφικός (-grafikós)suffix
Hebrew ־גְרָפִי
- ־גְרָפִי (grafi)suffix
Hungarian -gráfiai, -grafikus
- -gráfiaisuffix
- -grafikussuffix
Indonesian -grafis
- -grafissuffix
Italian -grafico
- -graficosuffix
Latin -graphicus
- -graphicussuffix
Latvian -grāfisks
- -grāfiskssuffix
Lithuanian -grafinis
- -grafinissuffix
Malay -grafik
- -grafiksuffix
Norwegian Bokmål -grafisk
- -grafisksuffix
Polish -graficzny
- -graficznysuffix
Portuguese -gráfico
- -gráficosuffix
Romanian -grafic, -график
- -graficsuffix
- -график (-grafic)suffix
Russian -графи́ческий
- -графи́ческий (-grafíčeskij)suffix
Slovak -grafický
- -grafickýsuffix
Spanish -gráfico
- -gráficosuffix
Swedish -grafisk
- -grafisksuffix
Tagalog -grapiko
- -grapikosuffix
Turkish -grafik
- -grafiksuffix
Ukrainian -графі́чний
- -графі́чний (-hrafíčnyj)suffix
Yiddish ־גראַפֿיש
- ־גראַפֿיש (-grafish)suffix
Cite this entry
APA
-graphic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-graphic
MLA
“-graphic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-graphic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-graphic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-graphic.
Source: -graphic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.