English Explanatory Dictionary

portraiture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
  2. The art of painting or photographing portraits.
  3. A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

Pronunciation

/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/ /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Word forms

portraiture portraitures

Etymology

From Middle English portraiture, portrature, purtraiture, pourtreture, from Old French portraiture, pourtraiture and Anglo-Norman purtraiture.

Derived words

autoportraiture
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