English- translations for portrait

Definition of portrait

• A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders
• An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc
• A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides
• To portray; to draw
• Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal

Examples

• The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
• a portrait bust; a portrait statue

Related words

• self-portrait
• portraitist
• portrait photography
• family portrait
• role portrait
• ancestral portrait
• self portrait
• mummy portraits