Definitions for portraitˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
por•traitˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr-(n.)
a likeness of a person, esp. of the face, as a painting, drawing, sculpture, or photograph.
a verbal picture or description, usu. of a person.
(adj.)pertaining to, designating, or producing standard vertical orientation of computer output, with lines of data parallel to the two shorter sides of a page
Category: Computers
Ref: (contrasted with landscape 9 ).
Origin of portrait:
1560–70; < MF: a drawing, image, etc.
Princeton's WordNet
portrayal, portraiture, portrait(noun)
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
portrait, portrayal(noun)
any likeness of a person, in any medium
"the photographer made excellent portraits"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
portrait(noun)ˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr-
a painting or photograph of a person
Should I paint your portrait?
portraitˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr-
a portrait created by the person in the picture
Picasso painted many self-portraits.
portraitˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr-
a description
a portrait of poverty in rural America
Wiktionary
portrait(Noun)
A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
portrait(Noun)
An accurate depiction of a mood.
The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
portrait(Noun)
a print mode or selection specifying the rectangle to be printed on having the vertical sides longer than the horizontal sides.
Origin: From portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire, from protraho.
Webster Dictionary
Portrait(noun)
the likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life
Portrait(noun)
hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words
Portrait(verb)
to portray; to draw
Translations for portrait
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
portrait(noun)
a drawing, painting, photograph etc of a person
She had her portrait painted by a famous artist.
- portretAfrikaans
- صورَه، لَوْحَهArabic
- портретBulgarian
- retratoPortuguese (BR)
- portrétCzech
- das PortraitGerman
- portrætDanish
- προσωπογραφία, πορτρέτοGreek
- retratoSpanish
- portreeEstonian
- تصویرFarsi
- potrettiFinnish
- portraitFrench
- דְיוֹקָןHebrew
- रूपचित्रHindi
- portretCroatian
- arcképHungarian
- potretIndonesian
- portrettIcelandic
- ritrattoItalian
- 肖像画Japanese
- 초상화Korean
- portretas, atvaizdasLithuanian
- portrets; attēls; ģīmetneLatvian
- potretMalay
- portretDutch
- portrettNorwegian
- portretPolish
- تصویرPersian
- انځورPashto
- retratoPortuguese
- portretRomanian
- портретRussian
- portrétSlovak
- portretSlovenian
- portretSerbian
- porträttSwedish
- ภาพเหมือนบุคคลThai
- portreTurkish
- 肖像Chinese (Trad.)
- портретUkrainian
- خاکہ، تصويرUrdu
- bức chân dungVietnamese
- 肖像Chinese (Simp.)
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