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Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.
Pedro Almodovar

Meaning of "portrait" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PORTRAIT

portrait  [ˈpɔːtrɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTRAIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Portrait can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PORTRAIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

portrait

Portrait

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.

Definition of portrait in the English dictionary

The definition of portrait in the dictionary is a painting, drawing, sculpture, photograph, or other likeness of an individual, esp of the face. Other definition of portrait is a verbal description or picture, esp of a person's character.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORTRAIT


accurate
ˈækjərɪt
attrit
əˈtrɪt
brit
brɪt
britt
brɪt
coffret
ˈkɒfrɪt
corporate
ˈkɔːpərɪt
deliberate
dɪˈlɪbərɪt
desperate
ˈdɛspərɪt
elaborate
ɪˈlæbərɪt
emirate
ɛˈmɪərɪt
favourite
ˈfeɪvərɪt
grit
ɡrɪt
inaccurate
ɪnˈækjʊrɪt
interpret
ɪnˈtɜːprɪt
merit
ˈmɛrɪt
moderate
ˈmɒdərɪt
pirate
ˈpaɪrɪt
secret
ˈsiːkrɪt
spirit
ˈspɪrɪt
whitret
ˈwɪtrɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTRAIT

portobello
Portobelo
portolan
portrait gallery
portrait lens
portrait mode
portrait painter
portrait photographer
portrait photography
portraitist
portraiture
portray
portrayable
portrayal
portrayer
portreeve
portress

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTRAIT

Bass Strait
Bering Strait
character trait
Cook Strait
Davis Strait
Denmark Strait
distrait
extrait
Formosa Strait
Hudson Strait
Korea Strait
krait
Menai Strait
Palk Strait
self-portrait
strait
studio portrait
Sunda Strait
Taiwan Strait
Torres Strait
trait

Synonyms and antonyms of portrait in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PORTRAIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «portrait» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of portrait

Translation of «portrait» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORTRAIT

Find out the translation of portrait to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of portrait from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «portrait» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肖像
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retrato
570 millions of speakers

English

portrait
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चित्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صُورَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

портрет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retrato
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিকৃতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

portrait
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Potret
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Porträt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

肖像画
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초상화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

mujur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chân dung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உருவப்படம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोर्ट्रेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

portre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ritratto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

portret
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

портрет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

portret
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πορτραίτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

portret
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

porträtt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

portrett
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of portrait

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTRAIT»

The term «portrait» is very widely used and occupies the 449 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTRAIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «portrait» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «portrait» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about portrait

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10 QUOTES WITH «PORTRAIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word portrait.
1
Marina Abramovic
You know how you feel somebody looking at you, and you turn, and somebody actually is? It's the same at an art gallery. You're looking at one portrait, turn around, and there is a work of art directly behind you. Because it's all energy. Every single thing has energy.
2
Peter Ackroyd
It may seem unfashionable to say so, but historians should seize the imagination as well as the intellect. History is, in a sense, a story, a narrative of adventure and of vision, of character and of incident. It is also a portrait of the great general drama of the human spirit.
3
Aravind Adiga
Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice of life being passed off as an authentic portrait of the country.
4
Pedro Almodovar
Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.
5
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.
6
Rene Auberjonois
I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and do an accurate portrait of anyone.
7
Richard Avedon
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he's wearing or how he looks.
8
Max Beerbohm
It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.
9
Samuel Butler
Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
10
Jane Campion
But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTRAIT»

Discover the use of portrait in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to portrait and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Giacometti Portrait
The creative process that produces a work of art is illuminated as Lord documents through photographs and descriptions the stages by which Alberto Giacometti painted his portrait in oil
James Lord, 1980
2
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
Some hints of the techniques Joyce frequently employed in later works, such as stream of consciousness, interior monologue, and references to a character's psychic reality rather than to his external surroundings, are evident throughout ...
James Joyce, 2011
3
Material World: A Global Family Portrait
Photographs show the homes and possessions of average families in thirty countries around the world and document each family's lifestyle
Peter Menzel, 1994
4
India: A Portrait
In his acclaimed book Patrick French travels all over the country talking to everyone from political leaders to mafia dons, from chained quarry workers to self-made billionaire entrepreneurs, to tell the story of post-independence India as ...
Patrick French, 2012
5
The Psychological Analysis of Henry James in the Portrait of ...
The author of over twenty novels, twelve plays, and one hundred and twelve short stories, Henry James (1843-1916) is the acknowledged
Claudine L. Maria Julia Boros, 2010
6
The Female Portrait Statue in the Greek World
The first detailed analysis of the female portrait statue in the Greek world from the fourth century BCE to the third century CE.
Sheila Dillon, 2010
7
The Art of Children's Portrait Photography
Contemporary photographs that cleverly capture a child's mood or personality--whether that's a big, toothy grin or a teary tantrum--are easily created with the tips and techniques explored in this in-depth handbook.
Tamara Lackey, 2008
8
Immigrant America: A Portrait
This third edition of the widely acclaimed classic has been thoroughly expanded and updated to reflect current demographic, economic, and political realities.
Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut, 2006
9
Jeff Smith's Lighting for Outdoor & Location Portrait ...
With strategies for meeting lighting challenges found outside of the studio--from evaluating existing light to modifying or supplementing light as needed--this book will help photographers shoot confidently by developing a plan for creating ...
Jeff Smith, 2007
10
500 Poses for Photographing Men: A Visual Sourcebook for ...
Containing contemporary images from leading professionals, this indispensable manual explains posing fundamentals as well as how to offset the fears, concerns, and insecurities that men can bring to a portrait session.
Michelle Perkins, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTRAIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term portrait is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Ukrainian artist uses 5000 cartridges in her portrait of Vladimir Putin
Ukrainian artist Dariya Marchenko has created a portrait in her Kiev studio of Russian President Vladimir Putin named "The Face of War" with ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
2
Rachel McAdams and Self-Portrait Are a Match Made in Sartorial …
Just last week, she stepped out in a black dress by burgeoning contemporary label Self-Portrait, and we don't think the actress has ever looked ... «Fashionista, Jul 15»
3
Painting a Limerick picture through the Big City Portrait
Pete Moles, director of the Big City Portrait, a stylish collection of web documentaries on local life as lived by young Limerick people. Picture: ... «Limerick Leader, Jul 15»
4
A Portrait of Bobbi Kristina and Whitney Houston's Powerful Bond …
Few expect to salvage testaments to a mother's love from the tabloid slag heap. Yet news of the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the 22-year old ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
Street Fighter II Battered Continue Screen Portrait Busts Revealed
By Michael MartinFans of Street Fighter II collectibles have something unique to look forward to, a line of busts for the World Warriors' in-game ... «IGN, Jul 15»
6
Crown Princess Mary steals the spotlight during royal family portrait
Crown Princess Mary's position as the future of the Danish monarchy was evident over the weekend as the Australian-born royal was given the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
'The self-portrait made of my own blood'
A work that propelled him to fame was called 'Self' - a self-portrait sculpture made of his own blood. He has pledged to make a new one every five years until he ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
8
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine trailer paints unflattering portrait
The trailer for the second Steve Jobs film to be released this year has been released, offering an insight into the life of the late tech icon from ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
9
Myron B. Pitts: Hideous, fascinating portrait
In Oscar Wilde's novel, the protagonist's misdeeds are recorded on the face of a portrait he keeps hidden, and by the end, his once-handsome ... «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
10
A portrait of Fairmead, California: where water goes to crops first …
A portrait of Fairmead, California: where water goes to crops first, and residents second – if at all. inShare0. Follow · Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 3 hours 0 0. Flossie ... «Archinect, Jul 15»

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