What does Portrait mean?
Definitions for Portrait
ˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr-por·trait
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Portrait.
Princeton's WordNet
portrayal, portraiture, portraitnoun
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
portrait, portrayalnoun
any likeness of a person, in any medium
"the photographer made excellent portraits"
Wiktionary
portraitnoun
A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
portraitnoun
An accurate depiction of a mood.
The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
portraitnoun
a print mode or selection specifying the rectangle to be printed on having the vertical sides longer than the horizontal sides.
Etymology: From portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire, from protraho.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Portraitnoun
A picture drawn after the life.
Etymology: pourtrait, Fr.
As this idea of perfection is of little use in portraits, or the resemblances of particular persons, so neither is it in the characters of comedy and tragedy, which are always to be drawn with some specks of frailty, such as they have been described in history. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
The figure of his body was strong, proportionable, beautiful; and were his picture well drawn, it must deserve the praise given to the portraits of Raphael. Matthew Prior.
To Portraitverb
To draw; to portray. It is perhaps ill copied, and should be written in the following examples portray.
Etymology: portraire, Fr. from the noun.
In most exquisite pictures, they blaze and portrait not only the dainty lineaments or beauty, but also round about shadow the rude thickets and craggy cliffs. Edmund Spenser.
I portrait in Arthur before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private moral virtues. Edmund Spenser.
Wikipedia
Portrait
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.
ChatGPT
portrait
A portrait is a painting, drawing, photograph, or any other artistic representation of an individual or a group where the face and its expressions are predominantly focused. It captures the personality, mood, and likeness of the subject, often making direct eye contact. It also refers to the orientation of an image or a document where the height is greater than the width.
Webster Dictionary
Portraitnoun
the likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life
Portraitnoun
hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words
Portraitverb
to portray; to draw
Etymology: [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See Portray.]
Wikidata
Portrait
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Portrait
pōr′trāt, n. the likeness of a person, esp. of his face: a vivid description in words.—v.t. (obs.) to portray.—ns. Por′traitist, a portrait-painter; Por′traiture, a likeness: the drawing of portraits, or describing in words: a collection of pictures.—v.t. Portray (pōr-trā′), to paint or draw the likeness of: to describe in words: (obs.) to adorn.—ns. Portray′al, the act of portraying; Portray′er.—Composite portraits, a method of indicating the facial characteristics of a family or group of persons, while at the same time suppressing the peculiarities of individual members. [O. Fr. portrait, portraire—L. pro, forth, trahĕre, to draw.]
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Portrait' in Nouns Frequency: #1568
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Portrait in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Portrait in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Portrait in a Sentence
A different man has been portrayed in the media over the last two months, it is the portrait of a man I do not know.
I meet families at the most difficult time, it is not a portrait of a dead child, but rather this incredible unfolding story of love and loss.
The first portrait I painted was Jackie, i spent two months painting it. It was like spending time with her. There was joy and there was sorrow.
The snapshots in CHINA: Portrait of a People are not meant to be works of art. I was too preoccupied with participating, with reveling in the moment, to worry about their perfection. Their purpose, then, is to form a candid portrait of China exactly as China presented itself to me.
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.
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- بورتريه, صورةArabic
- şəkilAzerbaijani
- партрэтBelarusian
- портретBulgarian
- poltredBreton
- retratCatalan, Valencian
- podobizna, portrétCzech
- kontrafej, portrætDanish
- Portrait, PorträtGerman
- προσανατολισμός, πορτραίτο, προσωπογραφία, κατακόρυφοςGreek
- portretoEsperanto
- retratoSpanish
- argazkiaBasque
- پرتره, تصویرPersian
- muotokuva, potrettiFinnish
- portraitFrench
- portráidIrish
- retratoGalician
- चित्रHindi
- arckép, portréHungarian
- դիմանկար, պատկերArmenian
- potretIndonesian
- ritrattoItalian
- 画像, 肖像Japanese
- სურათი, პორტრეტიGeorgian
- портретKazakh
- 초상, 그림Korean
- effigiesLatin
- PortraitLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- слика, приказ, опис, портретMacedonian
- potretMalay
- portrettNorwegian
- portretDutch
- portrettNorwegian Nynorsk
- portretPolish
- retratoPortuguese
- portretRomanian
- [[портретный, изображение, портрет, описаниеRussian
- portret, портретSerbo-Croatian
- portrétSlovak
- portretSlovene
- portretAlbanian
- pichaSwahili
- ritratoTagalog
- portreTurkish
- портретUkrainian
- ảnh chân dung, điển hình, hình ảnhVietnamese
- pöträtVolapük
- 肖像Chinese
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