portrait
A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
Noun 3 meanings
A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
“The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.”
A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
Adjective 1 meaning
Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.
“a portrait bust; a portrait statue”
Etymology
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō). Compare typologically English drawing.
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PORTRAIT at a glance
PORTRAIT has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1 + R 1 + A 1 + I 1 + T 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,885 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with portrait
All rhymes- WAIT7
- BAIT6
- TRAIT5
- AWAIT8
- STRAIT6
- GAIT5
- TAIT4
- CLICKBAIT19
- PARFAIT12
- PLAIT7
- KRAIT9
- WHITEBAIT17
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