Portrait Definition
pôrtrĭt, -trāt
portraits
noun
portraits
A drawn, painted, or carved picture of something.
Webster's New World
A painting, drawing, engraving, or sculpture whose subject is an actual person; often, specif., one made from life.
Webster's New World
A dramatic representation of a character.
The actor's portrait of the famous general.
American Heritage
A photograph whose posed subject is an actual person.
Webster's New World
A description or dramatic portrayal of a person, society, etc.
A rousing portrait of 18th-cent. London.
Webster's New World
adjective
Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.
A portrait bust; a portrait statue.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Portrait
Noun
Singular:
portraitPlural:
portraitsOrigin of Portrait
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From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray"), from Latin prōtrahō.
From Wiktionary
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French from Old French image from past participle of portraire to portray portray
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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