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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- pourtraict (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtɹɪt/, (rare) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹtɹət/, (rare) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹtɹeɪt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊɹtɹət/, (rare) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊɹtɹeɪt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈpoətɹɪt/, (rare) IPA(key): /ˈpoətɹeɪt/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
portrait (countable and uncountable, plural portraits)
- (countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
- a. 1792, Joshua Reynolds, Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts
- In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.
- a. 1792, Joshua Reynolds, Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts
- (countable, figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
- The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
- (computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
Antonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
painting of a person
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an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
print mode
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Verb[edit]
portrait (third-person singular simple present portraits, present participle portraiting, simple past and past participle portraited)
- (obsolete) To portray; to draw.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Adjective[edit]
portrait (not comparable)
- Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.
- a portrait bust; a portrait statue
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
portrait m (plural portraits)
- portrait
- (printing) portrait (format)
- description (of a person or things)
Antonyms[edit]
- (2) paysage
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “portrait” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman[edit]
Noun[edit]
portrait m (plural portraits)
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