Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pictura

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: pic-tura
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The picture or image component of something, such as an emblem or poem, that contains a combination of imagery and text or symbols.

noun

The pattern of coloration.

Example Sentences

"It is customary to distinguish three components in an emblem: the pictura or symbolic image or picture, accompanied by the preceding inscriptio or motto and the subsequent subscriptio, usually an explication in verse of the idea expressed in combination of the inscriptio and the pictura."
"Clearly, the relationship between pictura and motto became more literal in this emblem."
"A poem may contain things which are significant in spite of the fact that the events it describes are a mere pictura of something which never happened."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pictūra (“a painting”). Doublet of picture.

Inflected Forms

picturae (plural)

Questions

What does pictura mean?: The picture or image component of something, such as an emblem or poem, that contains a combination of imagery and text or symbols.
Where does pictura come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin pictūra (“a painting”). Doublet of picture.

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