-graphy

-graphy

suff.

1. Writing or representation produced in a specified manner or by a specified process: photography.

2.

a. Writing about a specified subject: oceanography.

b. Representation of a specified object: phonography.

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[Latin -graphia, from Greek -graphiā, from graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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-graphy

n combining form

1. indicating a form or process of writing, representing, etc: calligraphy; photography.

2. indicating an art or descriptive science: choreography; oceanography.

[via Latin from Greek -graphia, from graphein to write]

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-graphy

a combining form used in the names of processes or forms of writing, printing, representing, recording, or describing, or in the names of an art or science concerned with such processes: biography; choreography; geography.

[< Greek -graphia. See -graph, -y³]

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Translations

-graphy

n suf → -grafie f

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