see|Portrait
English

Alternative spellings
pourtraict (obsolete)

Etymology
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, noun use of the past participle of portraire �portray�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�p��tɹeɪt/
audio|en-us-portrait.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
2. figuratively An accurate depiction of a mood.

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

Derived terms
portray

Translations
trans-top|painting of a person
Croatian: t-|hr|portret|m
Finnish: t-|fi|muotokuva, t-|fi|potretti
German: t-|de|Portrait|n, t+|de|Porträt|n
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Greek: t+|el|��ο���ογ�α�ία|f|trprosopografía|scGrek, t+|el|�ο���αί�ο|n|trportréto|scGrek
Hungarian: t+|hu|arckép
Romanian: t-|ro|portret|n
Slovenian: t+|sl|portret|m
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trans-top|an accurate depiction of a mood
Croatian: t-|hr|portret|m
Greek: t+|el|�ο���αί�ο|n|trportréto|scGrek
German: t-|de|Portrait|n, t+|de|Porträt|n
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ttbc|Dutch: portret n
ttbc|French: portrait m
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Noun
portrait (uncountable)

1. computing|printing: a print mode or selection specifying the rectangle to be printed on having the vertical sides longer than the horizontal sides.

Antonyms
(print mode or selection) landscape

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/p��.t���/|lang=fr

Noun
fr-noun|m

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