"portraiture" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Forms: portraitures [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English portraiture, portrature, purtraiture, pourtreture, from Old French portraiture, pourtraiture and Anglo-Norman purtraiture. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|portraiture}} Middle English portraiture, {{der|en|fro|portraiture}} Old French portraiture, {{der|en|xno|purtraiture}} Anglo-Norman purtraiture Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} portraiture (countable and uncountable, plural portraitures)
  1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-portraiture-en-noun-KDttyC-6
  2. The art of painting or photographing portraits. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-portraiture-en-noun-V5LX7V3b
  3. A portrait (or portraits considered as a group). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-portraiture-en-noun-ulUqP~NO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 32 43

Inflected forms

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