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self-portrait

self-portrait noun: the bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.

Noun

self-portrait (plural self-portraits)

  1. The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.

self-portrait meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

self-portrait in Tamil

தன்னோவியம், இலக்கியத் தற்பண்போவியம்

self-portrait in Vietnamese

portrait of the painter who painted it
tranh tự hoạ

Forms of self-portrait

pluralself-portraits

Origin of self-portrait

From self- + portrait.

Questions about self-portrait

What does self-portrait mean?
Self-portrait means the bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.
What is self-portrait in Tamil?
Self-portrait in Tamil is தன்னோவியம், இலக்கியத் தற்பண்போவியம். See Self-portrait meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-portrait?
Self-portrait is a noun.
What is the plural of self-portrait?
The plural of self-portrait is self-portraits.

Words near self-portrait in the dictionary

  1. self-polluter
  2. self-polluters
  3. self-pollutes
  4. self-polluting
  5. self-pollution
  6. self-portrait
  7. self-portraitist
  8. self-portraits
  9. self-possessed
  10. self-possessedly
  11. self-possession

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-portrait (page history and authors); self-portrait (Tamil 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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