portrait

== English == === Alternative forms === pourtraict (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō). Compare typologically English drawing. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/, /ˈpɔːtɹɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹtɹət/, (rare) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹtɹeɪt/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊɹtɹət/; (rare) /ˈpoʊɹtɹeɪt/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈpoətɹɪt/; (rare) /ˈpoətɹeɪt/ === Noun === portrait (countable and uncountable, plural portraits) (countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders. (countable, figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc. (computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “print mode or selection”): landscape (antonym(s) of “print mode or selection”): profile ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Irish: portráid ==== Translations ==== === Verb === portrait (third-person singular simple present portraits, present participle portraiting, simple past and past participle portraited) (obsolete) To portray; to draw. === Adjective === portrait (not comparable) Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal. a portrait bust; a portrait statue == French == === Etymology === From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔʁ.tʁɛ/ === Noun === portrait m (plural portraits) portrait (printing) portrait (format) Antonym: paysage description (of a person or things) ==== Derived terms ==== portrait craché refaire le portrait ==== Descendants ==== → Breton: poltred → Bulgarian: портрет (portret) → Czech: portrét → Danish: portræt → Dutch: portretAfrikaans: portretPetjo: potrèt→ Caribbean Javanese: potrèg, potrèt→ Indonesian: potret→ Papiamentu: portrèt, pòtrèt, pòrtrèt, portret → German: Porträt, Portrait (rarer since ca. 1900)→ Russian: портрет (portret)→ Serbo-Croatian: portret / портрет→ Ukrainian: портрет (portret) → Greek: πορτρέτο (portréto), πορτραίτο n (portraíto) → Norwegian: portrett → Polish: portret → Romanian: portret → Slovene: portret → Swedish: porträtt→ Finnish: potretti → Turkish: portre === Further reading === “portrait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō). === Noun === portrait m (plural portraits) (Jersey) portrait