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portrait.

portrait

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɔʁ.tʁɛ/

  1. portrait

    masculine

  2. portrait (format)

    masculine

  3. description (of a person or things)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō).

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