Definitions for portrait
ˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr-por·trait

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. portrayal, portraiture, portrait(noun)

   a word picture of a person's appearance and character

2. portrait, portrayal(noun)

   any likeness of a person, in any medium

   "the photographer made excellent portraits"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. portrait(Noun)

   A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.

   Etymology: From portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire, from protraho.

2. portrait(Noun)

   An accurate depiction of a mood.

   The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.

   Etymology: From portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire, from protraho.

3. portrait(Noun)

   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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Portrait(noun)

   the likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life

   Etymology: [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See Portray.]

2. Portrait(noun)

   hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words

   Etymology: [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See Portray.]

3. Portrait(verb)

   to portray; to draw

   Etymology: [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See Portray.]

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'portrait' in Nouns Frequency: #1568

How to pronounce portrait?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of portrait in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of portrait in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of portrait in a Sentence

1. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   I often think that each time an artist paints a beautiful portrait, a writer creates a masterpiece in literature, a scientist invents a major breakthrough, all of these creations originate and emerge straight from the heart, with enormous love and tremendous passion, And yet the artist, the writer and the scientist are merely the bystanders, the onlookers, and the spectators of the amazing process of creation....just like a mother giving birth to a beautiful baby. We all live and strive for that moment of creation, the moment that fulfills one's life and makes it complete, total and meaningful. That's why the creattion and continuation of life stream are the greatest achievements in human life, in my view.

2. Jim Zanfagna:

   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.

3. Julia Leeb:

   You have to bow ... out of respect, and if you take pictures, you should take the entire statue, you cannot take a portrait, for example ... because it's a lack of respect. And you cannot take pictures from behind.

4. Samuel Johnson:

   I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

5. Joe Berlinger:

   As far as my understanding, there was some initial contact to get some access, and then once the book came out, there was no contact, and no attempt to rectify their feelings of the portrait being problematic… I believe there should have been a greater attempt to address their issues. The evidence demonstrates that there was no such attempt.

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