Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or a picture or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
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Portrait
//ˈpɔːtɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "portrait" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
mugmug shotparticularizationpasticciopastichephonyphotophotobiographyphotochronographphotographphotomapphotomicrographphotomontagephotomuralpicturepicturizationpinupportraitureprofilerecord
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reflectionrenderingrenditionrepresentationresemblanceringerrubbingsemblanceshadowshotsilhouettesimilitudesimulacrumsketchslidesnapsnapshotspecificationspitspit and imagespitting imagestillstill photographstorystudytelephototelephotographthumbnail sketchtracetracingtransparencytwinvery imagevery picturevignettevivid descriptionwirephotoword painting
Noun(2 words)
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More general
9 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
130 translations across 72 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- portret noun (painting of a person)
Albanian
1 entries- portret noun (painting of a person)
Arabic
2 entries- بُورْتْرِيَّة noun (painting of a person)
- صُورَة noun (painting of a person)
Armenian
2 entries- դիմանկար noun (painting of a person)
- պատկեր noun (painting of a person)
Asturian
1 entries- retratu noun (painting of a person)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- portret noun (painting of a person)
- şəkil noun (painting of a person)
Basque
1 entries- argazkia noun (painting of a person)
Belarusian
1 entries- партрэ́т noun (painting of a person)
Bengali
1 entries- প্রতিকৃতি noun (painting of a person)
Breton
1 entries- poltred noun (painting of a person)
Bulgarian
3 entries- вертика́лна ориента́ция noun (print mode)
- изображе́ние noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- портре́т noun (painting of a person)
Burmese
1 entries- ပုံတူကား noun (painting of a person)
Catalan
2 entries- retrat noun (painting of a person)
- retrat noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 寫照 /写照 noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- 畫像 /画像 noun (painting of a person)
- 肖像 noun (painting of a person)
Czech
4 entries- na výšku noun (print mode)
- podobizna noun (painting of a person)
- portrét noun (painting of a person)
- portrét noun (print mode)
Danish
2 entries- kontrafej noun (painting of a person)
- portræt noun (painting of a person)
Dutch
2 entries- portret noun (painting of a person)
- staand noun (print mode)
Erzya
1 entries- чаманеявкс noun (painting of a person)
Esperanto
1 entries- portreto noun (painting of a person)
Estonian
1 entries- portree noun (painting of a person)
Finnish
2 entries- muotokuva noun (painting of a person)
- potretti noun (painting of a person)
French
2 entries- portrait noun (painting of a person)
- portrait noun (print mode)
Galician
1 entries- retrato noun (painting of a person)
Georgian
3 entries- პორტრეტი noun (painting of a person)
- პორტრეტი noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- სურათი noun (painting of a person)
German
4 entries- Hochformat noun (print mode)
- Portrait noun (painting of a person)
- Portrait noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- Porträt noun (painting of a person)
Greek
4 entries- κατακόρυφος προσανατολισμός noun (print mode)
- πορτραίτο noun (painting of a person)
- πορτραίτο noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- προσωπογραφία noun (painting of a person)
Hebrew
1 entries- דְּיוֹקָן noun (painting of a person)
Hindi
2 entries- चित्र noun (painting of a person)
- तस्वीर noun (painting of a person)
Hungarian
4 entries- arckép noun (painting of a person)
- képmás noun (painting of a person)
- portré noun (painting of a person)
- álló noun (print mode)
Indonesian
1 entries- potret noun (painting of a person)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- تَصْویر noun (painting of a person)
- پُرْتْرِه noun (painting of a person)
Irish
2 entries- portráid noun (painting of a person)
- portráid noun (print mode)
Italian
3 entries- ritratto noun (painting of a person)
- ritratto noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- ritratto noun (print mode)
Japanese
2 entries- 画像 noun (painting of a person)
- 肖像 noun (painting of a person)
Kazakh
1 entries- портрет noun (painting of a person)
Korean
2 entries- 초상 noun (painting of a person)
- 초상화 noun (painting of a person)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- портрет noun (painting of a person)
Latvian
1 entries- portrets noun (painting of a person)
Lithuanian
1 entries- portretas noun (painting of a person)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Portrait noun (painting of a person)
Macedonian
4 entries- опис noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- портре́т noun (painting of a person)
- приказ noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- слика noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
Malay
1 entries- potret noun (painting of a person)
Mongolian
1 entries- хөрөг noun (painting of a person)
Māori
1 entries- nohotū noun (print mode)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- portrett noun (painting of a person)
- portrettmaleri noun (painting of a person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- portrett noun (painting of a person)
Pashto
1 entries- تصوير noun (painting of a person)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Petrett noun (painting of a person)
Polish
2 entries- portret noun (painting of a person)
- portret noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
Portuguese
2 entries- retrato noun (painting of a person)
- retrato noun (print mode)
Romanian
3 entries- descriere noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- portret noun (painting of a person)
- portret noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
Russian
4 entries- изображе́ние noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- описа́ние noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- парсу́на noun (painting of a person)
- портре́т noun (painting of a person)
Sanskrit
1 entries- चित्राकृति noun (painting of a person)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pòrtrēt noun (painting of a person)
- pòrtrēt noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
- по̀ртре̄т noun (painting of a person)
- по̀ртре̄т noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
Slovak
1 entries- portrét noun (painting of a person)
Slovene
1 entries- portret noun (painting of a person)
Spanish
4 entries- modo retrato noun (print mode)
- modo vertical noun (print mode)
- retrato noun (painting of a person)
- retrato noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
Swahili
1 entries- picha noun (painting of a person)
Swedish
2 entries- avbildning noun (painting of a person)
- porträtt noun (painting of a person)
Tagalog
1 entries- ritrato noun (painting of a person)
Tahitian
1 entries- hohoʻa noun (painting of a person)
Tajik
2 entries- портрет noun (painting of a person)
- тасвир noun (painting of a person)
Thai
1 entries- ภาพเหมือน noun (painting of a person)
Turkish
3 entries- portre noun (painting of a person)
- portre noun (print mode)
- tasvir noun (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.)
Turkmen
1 entries- portret noun (painting of a person)
Ukrainian
1 entries- портре́т noun (painting of a person)
Urdu
2 entries- تَصْوِیر noun (painting of a person)
- چِتْر noun (painting of a person)
Uyghur
1 entries- پورترېت noun (painting of a person)
Uzbek
1 entries- portret noun (painting of a person)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chân dung noun (painting of a person)
Volapük
1 entries- pöträt noun (painting of a person)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאָרטרעט noun (painting of a person)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Bob mounted the portrait in a fancy frame, but it was upside down.
Source: tatoeba (33171)
That portrait reminds me of someone I knew a long time ago.
Source: tatoeba (46261)
The portrait was taken from the wall.
Source: tatoeba (46262)
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