graphic

graphic

English

Alternative forms

• graphick (obsolete)

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæfɪk/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -æfɪk

Adjective

graphic (comparative more graphic, superlative most graphic)

1. Drawn, pictorial.
2. Vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.
3. (geology) Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.

   graphic granite

Derived terms

• graphic novel
• graphics card

Related terms

• graphical

Translations

drawn, pictorial

Arabic: غْرَافِيك‎ m (ḡrafik) Egyptian Arabic: جرافيك‎ m (grafek) Bulgarian: графичен (grafičen), изобразителен (bg) (izobrazitelen) Catalan: gràfic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 圖形的／图形的 (túxíng de) Czech: výtvarný (cs) Danish: grafisk (da) Dutch: grafisch (nl) Esperanto: grafika Faroese: grafiskur Finnish: graafinen (fi), kuvallinen (fi) French: graphique (fr) Galician: gráfico m German: graphisch (de), grafisch (de) Icelandic: grafískur Ido: grafika (io) Italian: grafico (it), immagine (it) f Japanese: 描写的 (びょうしゃてき, byousha teki), 鮮明な (ja) (せんめいな, senmei na), 写実的 (しゃじつてき, shajitsu teki) Kazakh: графикалық (grafikalyq) Korean: 그림을 보는 듯한 (geurimeul boneun deuthan) Norwegian: grafisk (no) Polish: graficzny (pl) m Portuguese: gráfico (pt) Russian: графи́ческий (ru) (grafíčeskij), изобрази́тельный (ru) (izobrazítelʹnyj) Spanish: gráfico (es) Swedish: grafisk (sv) Vietnamese: đồ hoạ

vivid, descriptive

Bulgarian: нагледен (bg) (nagleden) Catalan: gràfic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 生動的／生动的 (shēngdòng de), 寫實的／写实的 (xiěshí de), 逼真的 (bīzhēn de) Czech: barvitý Finnish: kursailematon (fi) French: cru (fr), explicite (fr), imagé (fr) m Galician: gráfico m German: drastisch (de) Hungarian: szemléletes (hu) Italian: crudo (it) m Japanese: 生々しい (ja) (なまなましい, namanamashii), 露骨な (ろこつな, rokotsu na), 詳細な (しょうさい, shōsai na) Kazakh: көрнекі (körnekı) Norwegian: Bokmål: billedlig Polish: obrazowy (pl) Portuguese: gráfico (pt), explícito (pt) m Russian: нагля́дный (ru) (nagljádnyj), графи́ческий (ru) (grafíčeskij) Spanish: gráfico (es), crudo (es) Vietnamese: sinh động (vi), tả thực (vi)

Noun

graphic (plural graphics)

1. A drawing or picture.
2. (mostly in plural) 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.

Related terms

• graph
• graphical
• graphic art
• graphician
• lithographic
• photographic
• pornographic
• reprographic

 

Translations

a drawing or picture

Catalan: gràfic (ca) m Esperanto: grafiko Finnish: kuva (fi) French: graphique (fr) m German: Graphik (de) f Ido: grafiko (io) Irish: grafaic f Portuguese: ilustração (pt) f Russian: рису́нок (ru) m (risúnok), чертёж (ru) m (čertjóž), карти́нка (ru) f (kartínka)

(in the plural) computer generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.

Catalan: gràfics (ca) m pl Danish: grafik c Finnish: grafiikka (fi) German: Graphik (de) f Irish: grafaic f Italian: grafica (it) f sg Polish: grafika (pl) f Portuguese: gráficos (pt) m pl Romanian: grafică (ro) f Russian: гра́фика (ru) f (gráfika) Spanish: gráficos (es) m pl

Further reading

• graphic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• graphic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• graphic at OneLook Dictionary Search