Portrait meaning
An example of portrait is when an image is taller than it is wide.
An example of a portrait is the Mona Lisa painting.
The actor's portrait of the famous general.
A rousing portrait of 18th-cent. London.
The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
A portrait bust; a portrait statue.
Origin of portrait
- French from Old French image from past participle of portraire to portray portray
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray"), from Latin prÅtrahÅ.
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