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masculine

/pɔʁ.tʁɛ/

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Translation

portrait, likeness

Word origin

The past participle of Old French portraire ('to depict, to draw'), from Latin protrahere ('to draw forth'). The participle became a noun for the finished likeness.

Origin: Latin
Root: protrahere
English cognates: portrait, protract

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralportraits

Examples

au .

The portrait of his mother hangs on the wall.

couvrent .

Family portraits cover the whole corridor.

An artist did my portrait in ten minutes.

This portrait looks a lot like my grandfather.

vendu ' .

She sold the portrait of an old lady.

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This word is part of lesson 53.