graphic
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graphic
- /ˈɡɹæfɪk/
Rhymes with -æfɪk
Where it comes from
From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from γραφή (graphḗ, “drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.”), from γράφω (gráphō, “scratch, carve”) (cognate with English carve).
adjective more graphic · most graphic · graphick
- Drawn, pictorial. The design team has created a new graphic language for the promotional material of this campaign.
- Explicit, vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence. We are not publishing these images because of the graphic nature of the content.
- Relating to or reminiscent of graphic arts. That practice started on a 2018 visit to Ethiopia, where he encountered Jimma thrones, hewn from a single piece of wood with graphic cutouts.
- Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks. graphic granite
noun graphics · graphick
- A drawing or picture.
- A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc. I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing.
- A moth of the subfamily Melipotini.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pictorial, graphical, lifelike, written, realistic, explicit, vivid, expressed, in writing, image, imagery, illustration, picture, artwork, figure, diagrammatic
Translations
Every language
adj drawn, pictorial
| Español | gráfico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 그림을 보는 듯한 geurimeul boneun deuthan |
| 日本語 | 描写的 byousha teki, 鮮明な senmei na, 写実的 shajitsu teki |
| 中文 | 圖形的 /图形的 túxíng de |
| Português | gráfico |
| Français | graphique |
| Deutsch | graphisch, grafisch |
| Italiano | grafico |
| Română | grafic |
| Русский | графи́ческий grafíčeskij, изобрази́тельный izobrazítelʹnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | đồ hoạ |
| العربية | غْرَافِيك ḡrafik |
adj vivid, descriptive
| Español | gráfico |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 生々しい namanamashii, 露骨な rokotsu na, 詳細な shōsai na |
| 中文 | 生動的 /生动的 shēngdòng de, 寫實的 /写实的 xiěshí de, 逼真的 bīzhēn de |
| Português | gráfico, explícito |
| Français | cru, explicite, imagé |
| Deutsch | drastisch |
| Italiano | crudo |
| Română | crud, explicit |
| Русский | нагля́дный nagljádnyj, графи́ческий grafíčeskij |
| Tiếng Việt | sinh động, tả thực |
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title = {graphic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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