portret

See also: portrét

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch portret, from Middle French portrait, from Old French [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔrˈtrɛt/

Noun

portret (plural portrette, diminutive portretjie)

1. portrait

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French portrait, from Old French [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔrˈtrɛt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: por‧tret
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

portret n (plural portretten, diminutive portretje n)

1. portrait

Derived terms

• groepsportret
• portretfoto
• portretschilder
• portretteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: portret
• Petjo: potrèt
• → Caribbean Javanese: potrèg, potrèt
• → Indonesian: potret
• → Papiamentu: portrèt, pòtrèt, pòrtrèt, portret

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French portrait.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.trɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrtrɛt
• Syllabification: por‧tret

Noun

portret m inan (diminutive portrecik)

1. (painting) portrait (painting of a person)
2. (figuratively) portrait (accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
3. face photograph

Declension

Declension of portret

	singular	plural
nominative	portret	portrety
genitive	portretu	portretów
dative	portretowi	portretom
accusative	portret	portrety
instrumental	portretem	portretami
locative	portrecie	portretach
vocative	portrecie	portrety

Derived terms

adjective

• portretowy

adverb

• portretowo

nouns

• autoportret
• portreciarstwo
• portrecista
• portrecistka
• portretowość

verbs

• portretować
• sportretować

Further reading

• portret in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• portret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French portrait.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [porˈtret]

• Audio:

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Noun

portret n (plural portrete)

1. portrait

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	portret	portretul		portrete	portretele
genitive-dative	portret	portretului		portrete	portretelor
vocative	portretule			portretelor

Related terms

• portretist

Further reading

• “portret”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Porträt, from French portrait.

Noun

portret m inan (Cyrillic spelling портрет)

1. portrait

Slovene

Etymology

From French portrait.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔrtréːt/

Noun

portrẹ̑t m inan

1. portrait

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	portrét
gen. sing.	portréta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	portrét	portréta	portréti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	portréta	portrétov	portrétov
dative (dajȃlnik)	portrétu	portrétoma	portrétom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	portrét	portréta	portréte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	portrétu	portrétih	portrétih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	portrétom	portrétoma	portréti