different between portrayal vs replica

English

Etymology

portray +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p???t?e?.?l/
• Rhymes: -e??l

Noun

portrayal (plural portrayals)

1. The act of portraying.
2. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
   • 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest

     He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...

   • 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste

     For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian replica, derived from Latin replicare (“to copy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???pl?k?/

Noun

replica (plural replicas)

1. An exact copy.

   The statue on the museum floor is an authentic replica.

2. A copy made at a smaller scale than the original.

   He collected replicas of old cars.

Related terms

• replicant
• replicate
• replication
• reply

Translations

Anagrams

• caliper, earclip

Catalan

Verb

replica

1. third-person singular present indicative form of replicar
2. second-person singular imperative form of replicar

Italian

Verb

replica

1. third-person singular present of replicare
2. second-person singular imperative of replicare

Noun

replica f (plural repliche)

1. reply, answer
2. objection
3. repetition
4. replica, copy

Anagrams

• capirle

Latin

Verb

replic?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of replic?

References

• replica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?e.?pli.k?/

Verb

replica

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of replicar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of replicar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French répliquer, Latin replico, replicare.

Verb

a replica (third-person singular present replic?, past participle replicat) 1st conj.

1. to replicate

Conjugation

Derived terms

• replicare

Related terms

• replic?
• replica?ie

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?plika/, [re?pli.ka]

Verb

replica

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of replicar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of replicar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of replicar.