-graphy

See also: graphy

English

Etymology

From French -graphie, inherited from Latin -graphia, borrowed from Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía), from γραφή (graphḗ, “writing, drawing, description”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ɡɹəfi/, with the preceding syllable receiving primary stress
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /-ɡræfi/, with the preceding syllable receiving secondary stress

Suffix

-graphy

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

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -graphy

abreugraphy

acoustography

acrography

adenography

adoxography

aerography

agrostography

algraphy

alloglottography

aluminography

amniography

ampelography

anaglyptography

anemography

angiography

animatography

ankylography

anthography

anthropography

aortography

archaeography

areography

Aristography

arithmography

arteriography

arthrography

articulography

astrography

aurigraphy

autography

autoradiobiography

auxanography

axonography

bacteriography

balneography

bathygraphy

bibliography

biography

bronchography

bursography

cacography

calligraphy

canalography

capnography

cardioangiography

cardiography

cardiotocography

cartography

cavography

cephalography

cerebrography

cerography

cervicography

chalcography

chalypsography

channelography

chapeaugraphy

chemigraphy

chirography

cholangiography

cholangiopancreatography

choreography

chorography

chromatography

chromolithography

chromotypography

chronography

chrysography

cinematography

cisternography

climatography

cochleography

collagraphy

colonography

cometography

connectography

coronagraphy

coronarography

corpography

corporeography

cosmography

craniography

cryptography

crystallography

cystography

cytography

dacryocystography

dactyliography

dactylography

defecography

demography

demonography

dendrography

derivatography

dermatography

dermography

desmography

diagraphy

diplography

discography

diskography

dittography

dromography

ductography

echography

ectypography

elastography

electrocardiography

electroencephalography

electrography

electropalatography

electroretinography

embryography

encephalography

enigmatography

enterography

entomography

epidemiography

esophagography

ethnography

ethography

evaporography

factography

ferrography

filmography

flexography

floriography

flowgraphy

fluorography

fontography

fractography

fragmentography

galactography

galvanography

gameography

Garshunography

gastroenterography

gastrography

genitography

geography

geometrography

glossography

glottography

glyphography

glyptography

gynecography

gynography

gypsography

hagiography

halography

haplography

heliography

hepatography

hepatolienography

hepatosplenography

heresiography

heterography

histography

historiography

homeography

homography

horography

horologiography

hyalography

hydrography

hyetography

hygrography

hymenography

hymnography

hypergraphy

hypsography

hysterography

hysterosalpingography

ichnography

ichthyography

iconography

ideography

idiography

ileography

infography

isography

kamagraphy

kapnography

keratography

keraunography

kinesiography

kinetography

Kirlianography

klecksography

kleptography

kymography

laminography

laryngography

lexicography

lichenography

lignography

lipography

lithography

logismography

logography

Related terms

• -graph
• -graphic
• -graphical

Translations

Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject

Afrikaans: -grafie Albanian: -grafi f Aragonese: -grafía f Armenian: -գրաֆիա (-grafia) Asturian: -grafía f Azerbaijani: -qrafiya Bashkir: -графия (-grafiya) Basque: -grafia inan Belarusian: -гра́фія f (-hráfija) Bulgarian: -гра́фия f (-gráfija) Catalan: -grafia (ca) f Corsican: -grafia f Czech: -grafie f Danish: -grafi c or n Dutch: -grafie (nl) f Esperanto: -grafio Estonian: -graafia Finnish: -grafia French: graphie (fr) f Friulian: -grafie f Galician: -grafía (gl) f Georgian: -გრაფია (-grapia) German: -graphie (de) f Greek: -γραφία (el) f (-grafía) Haitian Creole: -grafi Hebrew: ־גרפיה f (gráfya) Hungarian: -gráfia Ido: -grafio Indonesian: -grafi Interlingua: -graphia Irish: -grafaíocht f Italian: -grafia (it) f Javanese: -ꦮꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (-wimba) Kazakh: -графия (-grafiä) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: -grafî f, grafya f Kyrgyz: -графия (-grafiya) Latin: -graphia f, *-scrībia f Latvian: -grāfija f Ligurian: -grafia f Lithuanian: -grafija f Luxembourgish: -graphie f Macedonian: -графија f (-grafija) Malay: -grafi (ms) Maltese: -grafija f Norwegian: Bokmål: -grafi m Nynorsk: -grafi m Occitan: -grafia f Polish: -grafia (pl) f Portuguese: -grafia (pt) f Romanian: -grafie f Cyrillic: -графие f (-grafie) Russian: -графия f (-grafija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: -гра̀фија f Roman: -gràfija f, -pis Sicilian: -grafìa f Slovak: -grafia f Slovene: -grafija f Spanish: -grafía (es) f Swedish: -grafi (sv) c Tagalog: -grapiya Tajik: -графия (-grafiya) Turkish: -grafi Turkmen: -grafiýa Ukrainian: -гра́фія f (-hráfija) Uzbek: -grafiya Yiddish: ־גראַפֿיע f (-grafye)

Further reading

• -graphy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia