ritratto

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ritratto. Doublet of retract, retrait, and retreat.

Noun

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ritratto (plural ritrattos or ritrattoes)

  1. (obsolete) A picture; a portrait.
    • 1722, Jonathan Richardson, An Account of Some of the Statues, Bas-reliefs, Drawings and Pictures in Italy, &c, page 344:
      Here are the Ritrattoes of the Family; amongst others some by Titian, Giorgion, &c []
    • 1738, John Breval, Remarks on Several Parts of Europe, page 147:
      A little beyond this Vestibule [] is what they call the Painter's Chamber, fill'd from Top to Bottom, with the Ritrattos of all the most famous Men in that Art []
    • 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman:
      ——'tis more like a ritratto of the shadow of vanity, than of VANITY herself——of the two; resembling rather a faint thought of transient applause, secretly stirring up in the heart of the composer, than a gross mark of it, coarsely obtruded upon the world.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /riˈtrat.to/
  • Rhymes: -atto
  • Hyphenation: ri‧tràt‧to

Etymology 1

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From Latin retractus.

Adjective

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ritratto (feminine ritratta, masculine plural ritratti, feminine plural ritratte)

  1. drawn back, withdrawn
  2. portrayed, drawn, depicted

Noun

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ritratto m (plural ritratti)

  1. portrait, image, picture, description
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: retrat
  • English: ritratto
  • Portuguese: retrato
  • Spanish: retrato

Participle

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ritratto (feminine ritratta, masculine plural ritratti, feminine plural ritratte)

  1. past participle of ritrarre

Etymology 2

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Verb

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ritratto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ritrattare

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