- portraiture por·trai·ture n
- ['pɔːtrɪtʃə(r)]
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portraiture por·trai·ture n
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por|trai|ture — «PR truh chur, chuhr; POHR », noun. 1. the act of portraying: »the portraitures of insignificant people by ordinary painters (Sir Richard Steele). 2. a portrait or portraits. 3. Figurative. a picture in words. ╂[< Old French portraiture <… … Useful english dictionary
por·trai·ture — /ˈpoɚtrəʧɚ/ noun [noncount] 1 : the art of making portraits a painter who is master at portraiture 2 : portraits of people painted or drawn by artists The museum is exhibiting portraiture from the late 19th century … Useful english dictionary
Portraiture — Por trai*ture (?; 135), n. [F. portraiture.] 1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. [1913 Webster] For, by the image of my cause, I see The portraiture of his. Shak. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Portraiture — Por trai*ture, v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray. [R.] Shaftesbury. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
portraiture — por|trai|ture [ˈpo:trıtʃə US ˈpo:rtrıtʃər] n [U] formal the art of painting or drawing pictures of people … Dictionary of contemporary English
portraiture — por|trai|ture [ pɔrtrə,tʃur ] noun uncount FORMAL the art of making portraits of people … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
portraiture — por·trai·ture … English syllables
portraiture — por•trai•ture [[t]ˈpɔr trɪ tʃər, ˈpoʊr [/t]] n. 1) the art or practice of making portraits 2) a pictorial representation; portrait 3) a verbal picture … From formal English to slang
