grafo

See also: grafo- and -grafo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Graf. Compare Russian граф (graf), Polish hrabia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrafo/

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• Rhymes: -afo
• Syllabification: gra‧fo

Noun

grafo (accusative singular grafon, plural grafoj, accusative plural grafojn)

1. (nobility) earl, count

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.fo/
• Rhymes: -afo
• Hyphenation: grà‧fo

Noun

grafo m (plural grafi)

1. graph

See also

• grafico

Italiot Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō), from Proto-Hellenic *grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.fo/
• Hyphenation: gra‧fo

Verb

grafo (Greek spelling γράφω)

1. (Apulia, Calabrian) to write

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.fu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.fu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.fu/

• Rhymes: -afu
• Hyphenation: gra‧fo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French graphe (“graph”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”).

Noun

grafo m (plural grafos)

1. (graph theory) graph (ordered pair)

Hyponyms

• complexo, conexo, direcionado, orientado, simples, rede

Meronyms

• nó, vértice, arco, aresta, laço

Derived terms

• teoria dos grafos/teoria de grafos

Etymology 2

Verb

grafo

1. first-person singular present indicative of grafar

Further reading

• “grafo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “grafo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾafo/ [ˈɡɾa.fo]
• Rhymes: -afo
• Syllabification: gra‧fo

Noun

grafo m (plural grafos)

1. (writing) abstract representation of graphies representing letters
2. (graph theory, mathematics) graph (ordered pair)

Derived terms

• teoría de grafos

Further reading

• “grafo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025