portrait

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɔːtɹɪt/, (rare) IPA: /ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpɔɹtɹət/, (rare) IPA: /ˈpɔɹtɹeɪt/
• (rhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ˈpoʊɹtɹət/, (rare) IPA: /ˈpoʊɹtɹeɪt/
• (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ˈpoətɹɪt/, (rare) IPA: /ˈpoətɹeɪt/

Noun

portrait

1. (countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.

   • In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.

2. (countable, figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.

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

3. (computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.

Antonyms

• (print mode or selection) landscape
• (print mode or selection) profile

Related terms

• portray

Translations

• French: portrait
• German: Portrait, Porträt
• Italian: ritratto
• Portuguese: retrato
• Russian: портре́т
• Spanish: retrato

Translations

• German: Portrait, Porträt
• Italian: ritratto
• Russian: изображе́ние
• Spanish: retrato

Translations

• French: portrait
• German: Hochformat
• Italian: ritratto
• Russian: портретный

Verb

portrait (portraits, present participle portraiting; past and past participle portraited)

1. (obsolete) To portray; to draw.

Adjective

portrait (not comparable)

1. Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.

   a portrait bust; a portrait statue

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