English Explanatory Dictionary

portrait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
  2. An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
  3. A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
verb
  1. To portray; to draw.
adj
  1. Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/ /ˈpɔːtɹɪt/ /ˈpɔɹtɹət/ /ˈpɔɹtɹeɪt/ /ˈpoʊɹtɹət/ /ˈpoʊɹtɹeɪt/ /ˈpoətɹɪt/ /ˈpoətɹeɪt/ En-us-portrait.ogg

Word forms

portrait portraits pourtraict portraiting portraited

Etymology

From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō). Compare typologically English drawing.

Antonyms

landscape profile

Related words

portray trait

Derived words

autoportrait Faiyum portrait Fayum portrait microportrait miniportrait mummy portrait pen portrait photo-portrait Portraitgate portraitist portraitlike portraitor portrait painting self-portrait swagger portrait

Translations

Afrikaans: portret Albanian: portret Arabic: صُورَة Arabic: بُورْتْرِيَّة Armenian: դիմանկար Armenian: պատկեր Asturian: retratu Azerbaijani: şəkil Azerbaijani: portret Basque: argazkia Belarusian: партрэ́т Bengali: প্রতিকৃতি Breton: poltred Bulgarian: портре́т Burmese: ပုံတူကား Catalan: retrat Chinese Mandarin: 肖像 Chinese Mandarin: 畫像 /画像 Czech: portrét Czech: podobizna Danish: portræt Danish: kontrafej Dutch: portret Erzya: чаманеявкс Esperanto: portreto Estonian: portree Finnish: muotokuva Finnish: potretti French: portrait Galician: retrato Georgian: სურათი Georgian: პორტრეტი German: Portrait German: Porträt Greek: προσωπογραφία Greek: πορτραίτο Hebrew: דְּיוֹקָן Hindi: चित्र Hindi: तस्वीर Hungarian: arckép Hungarian: portré Hungarian: képmás Indonesian: potret Irish: portráid Italian: ritratto Japanese: 画像 Japanese: 肖像 Kazakh: портрет Korean: 초상 Korean: 초상화 Kyrgyz: портрет Latvian: portrets Lithuanian: portretas Luxembourgish: Portrait Macedonian: портре́т
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