From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Painting and drawingportraitpor‧trait1 /ˈpɔːtrɪt $ ˈpɔːr-/●くろまる●くろまる○しろまる noun [countable]1
Image of portrait
AVPPICTUREa painting, drawing, or photograph of a persona family portraitportrait ofthe artist’s portrait of his motherShe’s been commissioned to paint Jackson’s portrait.2DESCRIBEa description or representation of somethingportrait ofa portrait of working life in America →self-portraitExamples from the Corpusportrait• Note also the 1709 portrait of the miniaturist Karl Bruni by Jan Kupecký.• They took formalportraits of the two leaders side by side in wingback chairs, smiling again.• Lunia was flattered at having her portrait painted by a giftedartist, but at first she felt rather intimidated by the experience.• A full-lengthportrait of the Queenhung on the wall.• The artist Hans Holbein was best known for painting portraits.• The making of personalportraits was part of this popularaesthetic, firmly embedded in commercialpractices.• I found myself staring at the portrait, which was still propped on the cedar table.• Whether or not it can be seen as Kelman's self-portrait, it is the portrait of an artist.• West's elegymagnifies the warts and the amours, yet gives poetic poignancy to the portraits he draws here.paint ... portrait• Bruch painted a psychological portrait of the obese that contrasted sharply with the image of the jollyfat person.• Bailey Doogan, for instance, the feministpainter who frequently paints unerring portraits of aging bodies, is an Etherton regular.• My grandmotherpainted frescoes and portraits.• Frans Hals had painted portraits of girls who could only be described as plain, but something lively and piquantredeemed them.• He is going to paint my portrait.• But Jacques Lipchitz, who had recently married, decided to commission Modigliani to paint a wedding portrait.portraitportrait2 adjectiveAVDif a piece of paper, a page, a photograph etc is in a portrait position, it is placed on a surface or hung on a wall with its longer edges at the sidesOPP landscapeOriginportrait(1500-1600)Frenchportraire; → PORTRAY