portrait

Other forms of portrait

plural

portraits·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about portrait

What does portrait mean?

portrait means "a word picture of a person's appearance and character". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in portrait?

portrait has 2 syllables: por-trait. The stress falls on "por". In IPA it is /ˈpɔɹtɹət/.

What is another word for portrait?

Close synonyms include portrayal, portraiture, portrayal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is portrait a common word?

portrait is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with portrait?

1 word rhymes with portrait. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.