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ritratto

ritratto noun: a picture; a portrait.

Noun

ritratto (plural ritrattos or ritrattoes)

  1. (obsolete) A picture; a portrait.
    • Here are the Ritrattoes of the Family; amongst others some by Titian, Giorgion, &c […]1722, Jonathan Richardson, An Account of Some of the Statues, Bas-reliefs, Drawings and Pictures in Italy, &c, page 344
    • A little beyond this Vestibule […] is what they call the Painter's Chamber, fill'd from Top to Bottom, with the Ritrattos of all the most famous Men in that Art […]1738, John Breval, Remarks on Several Parts of Europe, page 147

Forms of ritratto

pluralritrattos
pluralritrattoes

Origin of ritratto

Borrowed from Italian ritratto. Doublet of retract, retrait, and retreat.

Questions about ritratto

What does ritratto mean?
Ritratto means a picture; a portrait.
What part of speech is ritratto?
Ritratto is a noun.
What is the plural of ritratto?
The plural of ritratto is ritrattos.

Words near ritratto in the dictionary

  1. ritornello
  2. ritornellos
  3. ritornells
  4. ritornels
  5. ritos
  6. ritratto
  7. ritrattoes
  8. ritrattos
  9. rits
  10. Ritsa
  11. Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome

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