"picture" meaning in Middle English

See picture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pikˈtiu̯r/, /ˈpiktər/ [Late-Middle-English] Forms: pictures [plural], pectur [alternative], pictoure [alternative], pictur [alternative], pittour [alternative], pyctour [alternative], pycture [alternative], pyctowre [alternative, East-Anglia]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pictūra; compare rare Middle French picture. First attested in c. 1430. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|la|pictūra}} Borrowed from Latin pictūra, {{cog|frm|picture}} Middle French picture, {{etydate|c|1430}} First attested in c. 1430 Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} picture, {{enm-noun|pictures}} picture (plural pictures)
  1. The act or discipline of drawing or painting. Tags: Late-Middle-English Synonyms: peynture
    Sense id: en-picture-enm-noun-ixOu4RBS Categories (other): Painting Disambiguation of Painting: 46 46 1 6
  2. A visual depiction; a picture or painting. Tags: Late-Middle-English Synonyms: peynture
    Sense id: en-picture-enm-noun-kOpPXGNs Categories (other): Painting Disambiguation of Painting: 46 46 1 6
  3. (heraldry) A heraldic charge. Tags: Late-Middle-English Synonyms: peynture
    Sense id: en-picture-enm-noun-fWpoFqUd Categories (other): Heraldry, Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Appearance Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 22 22 36 21 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 16 59 13 Disambiguation of Appearance: 20 26 39 15 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  4. (rare) Decoration (especially painted). Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-picture-enm-noun-XsyxjZjD

Alternative forms

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