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portrait
English
Alternative forms
- pourtraict (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin pr?trah?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??t??t/, (rare) IPA(key): /?p??t?e?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??t??t/, (rare) IPA(key): /?p??t?e?t/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?po??t??t/, (rare) IPA(key): /?po??t?e?t/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?po?t??t/, (rare) IPA(key): /?po?t?e?t/
Noun
portrait (countable and uncountable, plural portraits)
- (countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
- a. 1792, Joshua Reynolds, Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts
- In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.
- a. 1792, Joshua Reynolds, Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts
- (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
- (print mode or selection): landscape
- (print mode or selection): profile
Related terms
- portray
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.t??/
Noun
portrait m (plural portraits)
- portrait
- (printing) portrait (format)
- description (of a person or things)
Antonyms
- (2) paysage
Derived terms
- portrait craché
- refaire le portrait
Descendants
- ? Dutch: portret
- Afrikaans: portret
- ? Indonesian: potret
- ? German: Porträt
Further reading
- “portrait” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Noun
portrait m (plural portraits)
- (Jersey) portrait
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description
English
Etymology
From Old French description, from Latin d?scr?pti?, noun of action of d?scr?b? (“I describe”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??sk??p??n/
Noun
description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
Synonyms
- (characteristics): sort, kind, type, variety
Derived terms
Related terms
- describe
- descriptive
Translations
See also
- prescription
- descriptivism
Further reading
- description in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- description in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
See also
- synopsis
- interpretation
Anagrams
- discerption, predictions
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?scripti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s.k?ip.sj??/
- Homophone: descriptions
Noun
description f (plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- décrire
- descriptif
Further reading
- “description” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin d?scripti?.
Noun
description f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions)
- description
Related terms
- descrivre
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