Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ritratto

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ri-trat-to
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A picture; a portrait.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Here are the Ritrattoes of the Family; amongst others some by Titian, Giorgion, &c […]"
"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 […]"
"——'tis more like a ritratto of the shadow of vanity, than of VANITY herself——of the two; resembling rather a faint thought of transient applause, secretly stirring up in the heart of the composer, than a gross mark of it, coarsely obtruded upon the world."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: ritratto

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

ritrattos (plural) ritrattoes (plural)

Questions

What does ritratto mean?: A picture; a portrait.
Where does ritratto come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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