Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portraiture

/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
por-trai-ture
IPA
/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The art of painting or photographing portraits.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: portraiture, purtraiture

Usage

Inflected Forms

portraitures (plural)

Derived Forms

autoportraiture

Synonyms

portrayal portrait

Questions

How do you pronounce portraiture?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/.
What does portraiture mean?
A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
Where does portraiture come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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