-graphy

/-ɡɹəfi/South Asia/-ˈɡrafi/South Asia[ɡræ(ː)fi ~ ɡræ(ː)phi]

suffix

Something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.

OriginAncient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ← Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- →
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Meanings

suffix-graphy (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -graphies)

plural -graphies

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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  3. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  4. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  5. English-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.

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Translations

Afrikaans -grafie
  • -grafieSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Basque -grafia
  • -grafiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Bulgarian -гра́фия
  • -гра́фия (-gráfija)Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Catalan -grafia
  • -grafiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Czech -grafie
  • -grafieSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Danish -grafi
  • -grafiSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Dutch -grafie
  • -grafieSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Esperanto -grafio
  • -grafioSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Estonian -graafia
  • -graafiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Finnish -grafia
  • -grafiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
French graphie
  • graphieSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
German -graphie
  • -graphieSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Greek -γραφία
  • -γραφία (-grafía)Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Hebrew ־גרפיה
  • ־גרפיה (gráfya)Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Hungarian -gráfia
  • -gráfiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Indonesian -grafi
  • -grafiSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Irish -grafaíocht
  • -grafaíochtSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Italian -grafia
  • -grafiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Latin -graphia, -scrībia
  • -graphiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
  • -scrībiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Latvian -grāfija
  • -grāfijaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Lithuanian -grafija
  • -grafijaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Malay -grafi
  • -grafiSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Norwegian Bokmål -grafi
  • -grafiSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Polish -grafia
  • -grafiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Portuguese -grafia
  • -grafiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Romanian -grafie, -графие
  • -grafieSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
  • -графие (-grafie)Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Russian -графия
  • -графия (-grafija)Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Slovak -grafia
  • -grafiaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Spanish -grafía
  • -grafíaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Swedish -grafi
  • -grafiSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Tagalog -grapiya
  • -grapiyaSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Turkish -grafi
  • -grafiSuffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Ukrainian -гра́фія
  • -гра́фія (-hráfija)Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Yiddish ־גראַפֿיע
  • ־גראַפֿיע (-grafye)Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
Cite this entry
APA

-graphy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-graphy

MLA

“-graphy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-graphy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-graphy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-graphy.

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