portraiture

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English portraiture, portrature, purtraiture, pourtreture, from Old French portraiture, pourtraiture and Anglo-Norman purtraiture. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ === Noun === portraiture (countable and uncountable, plural portraitures) A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. The art of painting or photographing portraits. A portrait (or portraits considered as a group). ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔʁ.tʁɛ.tyʁ/ ~ /pɔʁ.tʁe.tyʁ/ Homophones: portraiturent, portraitures === Noun === portraiture f (plural portraitures) (obsolete) portrait ==== Derived terms ==== portraiturer === Verb === portraiture inflection of portraiturer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “portraiture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012