picture frame

See also: pictureframe

English

Alternative forms

• pictureframe

Etymology

Compound of picture +‎ frame.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪktʃə ˌfɹeɪm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkt͡ʃɚ ˌfɹeɪm/

Noun

picture frame (plural picture frames)

1. The frame into which a picture is placed.
   • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “Loot”, in Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 229:

     He pulled a picture frame to one side, revealing a safe behind. Chang pressed four buttons on the keypad… …and the safe door whirred open.

Synonyms

• photo frame

Translations

frame into which a picture is placed

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܗܪܟܘܒܐ m (khrkwbā)
• Chickasaw: hattak holbaafokha'
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鏡框／镜框 (zh) (jìngkuàng)

  Xiang: 鏡框子／镜框子 (jin⁴ kuan¹ zr)

• Dutch: fotolijst (nl) f
• Finnish: valokuvakehys, taulunkehys
• German: Bilderrahmen (de) m
• Greek: κάδρο (el) n (kádro), κορνίζα (el) f (korníza)
• Hebrew: מסגרת (he) f
• Italian: soasa (it) f, portaritratti m
• Japanese: 額縁 (ja)
• Khmer: ស៊ុម (km) (sum), ក្រប (km) (krɑɑp)
• Limburgish: fotolies f, Bele̩rrǫǫm m or n
• Portuguese: porta-retratos (pt) m
• Russian: фоторамка (ru) f inan (fotoramka)
• Swedish: tavelram (sv) c
• Vietnamese: khung tranh

Further reading

• “picture frame”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.