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por⋅trait
[pawr-trit, -treyt, pohr-] 
trɪt
–noun
| 1. | a likeness of a person, esp. of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: a gallery of family portraits. |
| 2. | a verbal picture or description, usually of a person: a biography that provides a fascinating portrait of an 18th-century rogue. |
Related forms:
por⋅trait⋅like, adjective
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| por·trait (pôr'trĭt, -trāt', pōr'-) n.
[French, from Old French, image, from past participle of portraire, to portray; see portray.] |
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Portrait
Por"trait\, n. [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See Portray.]1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life. In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. --Sir J. Reynolds. Note: The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to include a photographic likeness. 2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words. Portrait bust, or Portrait statue, a bust or statue representing the actual features or person of an individual; -- in distinction from an ideal bust or statue.Portrait
Por"trait\, v. t. To portray; to draw. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Language Translation for : portrait
Spanish:
retrato,
German:
das Portrait,
Japanese:
肖像画
portrait
c.1375 (in portreyture), from M.Fr. portrait, from O.Fr. portret (13c.), noun use of pp. of portraire "to paint, depict" (see portray).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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