HOW TO PRONOUNCE
portrait
/ˈpɔɹtɹət/
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What does portrait mean?
noun
- A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
- (figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
- A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.
verb
- (obsolete) To portray; to draw.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɔɹtɹət/
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Why, to see whether the portrait of their ancestor still keeps its place upon the wall, in compliance with his testamentary directions!
In the act he caught sight of one of the d’Urberville dames, whose portrait was immediately over the entrance to Tess’s bedchamber.
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But he stood with his hat and gloves in the other hand, and might have done for the portrait of a Royalist.
The friend who had painted the fatal portrait to which all his misery had been due had gone out of his life.
Mr. Strickland has drawn the portrait of an excellent husband and father, a man of kindly temper, industrious habits, and moral disposition.