-graphy
See also: graphy
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
From French -graphie, inherited from Latin -graphia, borrowed from Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía), from γραφή (graphḗ, “writing, drawing, description”). By surface analysis, -graph + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ɡɹəfi/, with the preceding syllable receiving primary stress
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (Indic) IPA(key): /-ˈɡrafi/, [ɡræ(ː)fi ~ ɡræ(ː)phi]
Suffix
-graphy (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -graphies)
- Something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.
- Field of study.
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -graphy
Related terms
Translations
Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject
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