-grafie

See also: grafie and -grafię

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)

Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā)lbor.

Czech -grafie

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ɡrafɪjɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɪjɛ
• Hyphenation: -gra‧fi‧e

Suffix

-grafie f (noun-forming suffix)

1. -graphy

Declension

Declension of -grafie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	-grafie	-grafie
genitive	-grafie	-grafií
dative	-grafii	-grafiím
accusative	-grafii	-grafie
vocative	-grafie	-grafie
locative	-grafii	-grafiích
instrumental	-grafií	-grafiemi

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -grafie

biografie

fotografie

geografie

holografie

kryptografie

ultrasonografie

Related terms

See graf.

Further reading

• “-grafie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• -grafie in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French -graphie, from Latin -graphia, from Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā).

Suffix

-grafie f (noun-forming suffix, plural -grafieën, diminutive -grafietje n)

1. -graphy

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -grafie

chromatografie

cryptografie

echografie

elektrocardiografie

epigrafie

fotografie

hagiografie

lexicografie

spectrografie

stenografie

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “-GRAPHIE”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
• “-grafie” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -graphia, from Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ɡʁaˈfiː]

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: -gra‧fie

Suffix

-grafie f (genitive -grafie, plural -grafien)

1. alternative form of -graphie

Declension

Declension of -grafie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	-grafie	die	-grafien
genitive	einer	der	-grafie	der	-grafien
dative	einer	der	-grafie	den	-grafien
accusative	eine	die	-grafie	die	-grafien

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -grafie

Chronografie

Ethnografie

Hektografie

Plethysmografie

Szintigrafie

Further reading

• “-grafie”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “-grafie” in Duden online

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈfi.e/
• Rhymes: -ie
• Hyphenation: -gra‧fì‧e

Suffix

-grafie

1. plural of -grafia

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.fjɛ/
• Rhymes: -afjɛ
• Syllabification: -gra‧fie

Suffix

-grafie

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of -grafia

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)

Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor.

French -graphiebor.

Romanian -grafie

Borrowed from French -graphie, borrowed from Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā).

Suffix

-grafie

1. -graphy

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	-grafie	-grafia	-grafii	-grafiile
genitive-dative	-grafii	-grafiei	-grafii	-grafiilor
vocative	-grafie, -grafio		-grafiilor

Derived terms

Romanian terms suffixed with -grafie

actinografie

aerografie

angiografie

arheografie

arteriografie

astrografie

autografie

bibliografie

biografie

bronhografie

cartografie

cefalografie

climatografie

cosmografie

criptografie

cristalografie

cronografie

demografie

demonografie

discografie

ecografie

embriografie

epigrafie

etnografie

farmacografie

filmografie

fitografie

fiziografie

fotografie

geografie

glosografie

hagiografie

halografie

heliografie

hepatografie

iconografie

ideografie

ihtiografie

imnografie

istoriografie

lexicografie

litografie

metalografie

meteorografie

mitografie

morfografie

muzeografie

muzicografie

oceanografie

odontografie

ofiografie

ortografie

paleografie

petrografie

pneumografie

psihografie

radiografie

salpingografie

scenografie

siderografie

stratigrafie

talasografie

tehnografie

telegrafie

termografie

topografie

urografie

videografie

xerografie

xilografie

Related terms

• grafie

Further reading

• “grafie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrafie/, [ɡrafie]
• Hyphenation: -gra‧fi‧e

Suffix

-grafie

1. inflection of -grafia:
   1. nominative/accusative plural
   2. genitive singular