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Synonyms for portrait

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pawr-trit, -treyt, pohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr-

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Définition of portrait

Origin :
  • 1560s, "a figure, drawn or painted," a back formation from portraiture or directly from Middle French portrait, from Old French portret (13c.), noun use of past participle of portraire "to paint, depict" (see portray). Especially of the head and face of a person.
  • noun drawn representation; description
Example sentences :
  • Then there would be jewels such as she had longed for, a portrait by Chartran, she thought.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The portrait responded not; so I sought an answer for myself.
  • Extract from : « The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • His portrait hangs in one of the drawing-rooms of the Priory.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • Some of the artists mentioned above were also portrait painters.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Where in his portrait gallery is the picture of a Drake, or even of a Raleigh?
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Adriana is the portrait that Shakespeare wished to give us of his wife.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • What a paradise this would be for the botanist in spring, or for the portrait painter!
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • He, too, looked up at the portrait of his father, and suddenly he wanted to cry.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He pointed to the companion picture to the portrait of Napoleon.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Felix, in gratitude, had this portrait of his master cast in bronze.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
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