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portraiture

/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/

portraiture noun: a portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.

Noun

portraiture (countable and uncountable, plural portraitures)

  1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
    • For, by the image of my cause, I see / The portraiture of his.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. The art of painting or photographing portraits.
  3. A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

portraiture meaning in Bengali and Kannada

portraiture in Bengali

প্রতিকৃতি অঙ্কন, প্রতিকৃতি তৈরির শিল্প

portraiture in Kannada

ಭಾವಚಿತ್ರ ರಚನೆ, ವರ್ಣಚಿತ್ರ ರಚನೆ, ನುಡಿಚಿತ್ರ, ಶಬ್ದಚಿತ್ರ, ಸುಚಿತ್ರಿತ ವರ್ಣನೆ

Forms of portraiture

pluralportraitures

Origin of portraiture

From Middle English portraiture, portrature, purtraiture, pourtreture, from Old French portraiture, pourtraiture and Anglo-Norman purtraiture.

Words formed from portraiture

Questions about portraiture

What does portraiture mean?
Portraiture means a portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
What is portraiture in Bengali?
Portraiture in Bengali is প্রতিকৃতি অঙ্কন, প্রতিকৃতি তৈরির শিল্প. See Portraiture meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is portraiture?
Portraiture is a noun.
How do you pronounce portraiture?
Portraiture is pronounced /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of portraiture?
The plural of portraiture is portraitures.

Words near portraiture in the dictionary

  1. portraitists
  2. portraitlike
  3. portraitor
  4. portraitors
  5. portraits
  6. portraiture
  7. portraitures
  8. portray
  9. portrayability
  10. portrayable
  11. portrayal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: portraiture (page history and authors); portraiture (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); portraiture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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