graffiti
/ɡrəˈfiːti/noun
उच्चारण ग्रफ़ीटी
दीवार पर लिखावट
Core word
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[U, pl.]
drawings or writing on a wall in a public place
दीवार पर लिखावट
- walls covered in graffiti
- Volunteers painted over the offensive graffiti on the bus shelter.
- The council cleaned the graffiti off the railway bridge.
+ 2 more examples
- Artists were invited to turn the dull wall into colourful graffiti.
- Some people think graffiti makes a city look unsafe, while others see it as art.
Synonyms scribbling writing street art
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
graffiti (uncountable)
Graffiti means drawings or writing on walls in public places. It is usually treated as uncountable and takes a singular verb.
'Graffiti' सार्वजनिक स्थानों की दीवारों पर बनाए चित्र या लिखावट को कहते हैं। इसे प्रायः uncountable मानकर singular verb के साथ प्रयोग करते हैं।
- There is graffiti on the school wall.
- Graffiti was sprayed on the bridge overnight.
graffiti on + surface
Use on to show the surface where the graffiti appears.
जिस सतह पर graffiti बना है उसके लिए 'on' का प्रयोग होता है।
- Someone painted graffiti on the train.
graffito (singular, rare)
The singular form graffito is rare and mostly found in books on history. In everyday English use graffiti or a piece of graffiti.
Singular रूप 'graffito' दुर्लभ है और मुख्यतः इतिहास की पुस्तकों में मिलता है। रोज़मर्रा की अंग्रेज़ी में 'graffiti' या 'a piece of graffiti' प्रयुक्त होता है।
- Archaeologists found a Roman graffito in the ruins.
graffiti (verb)
Graffiti can be used as a verb meaning to write or draw on something without permission.
'Graffiti' verb के रूप में भी आता है, जिसका अर्थ है बिना अनुमति किसी चीज़ पर लिखना या चित्र बनाना।
- The wall had been graffitied by teenagers.
+Collocations 5
adjective + graffiti
politicaloffensivecolourfulstreetillegal
- Political graffiti covered the old wall.
verb + graffiti
spraypaintremoveclean offscrawl
- The council removed the graffiti from the bus stop.
graffiti + noun
artistwallremovalwritertag
- A famous graffiti artist painted the mural.
piece of graffiti
a piece ofa bit ofan example ofa layer of
- Someone left a piece of graffiti on the door.
graffiti + attitude
fine artvandalismpublic nuisancestreet cultureself-expression
- Some call graffiti art; others call it vandalism.
कुछ लोग graffiti को कला कहते हैं; कुछ इसे तोड़फोड़।
“More examples 6
- The municipal workers cleaned the graffiti from the subway.
नगरपालिका के कर्मचारियों ने सब-वे से graffiti साफ़ किया।
- Graffiti is a form of street art in some cities.
कुछ शहरों में graffiti सड़क कला का एक रूप है।
- Radhika photographed the colourful graffiti on the wall.
राधिका ने दीवार पर बने रंगीन graffiti की तस्वीर खींची।
- The police are looking for the youths who sprayed graffiti on the temple.
पुलिस उन युवकों की तलाश कर रही है जिन्होंने मंदिर पर graffiti बनाया।
- Offensive graffiti was found on the school gate.
विद्यालय के फाटक पर आपत्तिजनक graffiti मिला।
- The students were asked to paint a mural instead of writing graffiti.
विद्यार्थियों से graffiti लिखने के बजाय एक भित्तिचित्र बनाने को कहा गया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The graffitis on the wall are very beautiful.
✓ The graffiti on the wall is very beautiful.
Graffiti already ends in -i and is not given an extra -s.
'Graffiti' में अतिरिक्त -s नहीं लगता।
✗ Someone has written a graffiti on our wall.
✓ Someone has written graffiti on our wall.
Graffiti is uncountable, so do not use a.
'Graffiti' uncountable है, इसलिए 'a' नहीं आता।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
scribbling writing street art