graff

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹɑːf/ (US, Northern England) IPA(key): /ɡɹæf/ Rhymes: -ɑːf, -æf Homophones: graph === Etymology 1 === Older variant of graft, q.v. ==== Noun ==== graff (plural graffs) (botany, archaic) Alternative form of graft. ==== Verb ==== graff (third-person singular simple present graffs, present participle graffing, simple past and past participle graffed) (botany, archaic) Alternative form of graft. === Etymology 2 === From German Graf (“count”). ==== Noun ==== graff (uncountable) (obsolete) A steward; an overseer. === Etymology 3 === ==== Alternative forms ==== graf ==== Noun ==== graff (uncountable) (slang) Clipping of graffiti. ===== Derived terms ===== graffer ==== Verb ==== graff (third-person singular simple present graffs, present participle graffing, simple past and past participle graffed) (slang) Clipping of graffiti Synonym: graff up === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== graff (plural graffs) (slang, journalism) Alternative form of graf (“paragraph”). == French == === Noun === graff m (plural graffs) (slang) clipping of graffiti ==== Derived terms ==== graffer == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German grof, northern variant of grop, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz. Cognate with German grob, Dutch grof. The form graff, graffen is generalised from the uninflected stem; the inflected stem yielded gruef, gruewen, which is attested dialectally (but had the disadvantage of merging with the verb gruewen (“to dig”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡraf/, [ɡʀɑf] Rhymes: -ɑf === Adjective === graff (masculine graffen, neuter grafft, comparative méi graff, superlative am graffsten) rough, coarse coarse, vulgar, crude rugged, hard-wearing ==== Declension ==== == Welsh == === Etymology 1 === Borrowing from English graph. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡraf/ Rhymes: -af ==== Noun ==== graff m (plural graffau or graffiau) graph (mathematical diagram) ==== Mutation ==== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡraːf/ ==== Noun ==== graff soft mutation of craff ==== Mutation ====