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portret
portrait /porˈtret/
noun#5375 most common
Also: likeness, character study
Example sentences
Acesta este un portret.
This is a portrait.
Ea pictează un portret frumos.
She is painting a beautiful portrait.
Portretul din salon este foarte vechi.
The portrait in the living room is very old.
Pictorul a terminat portretul comandat de familie.
The painter finished the portrait commissioned by the family.
Muzeul expune mai multe portrete ale regilor români.
The museum displays several portraits of Romanian kings.
Criticii au analizat portretul psihologic al personajului principal din roman.
The critics analyzed the psychological portrait of the novel's main character.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | portret | portrete |
| Genitive | portretului | portretelor |
| Accusative | portret | portrete |
| Vocative | portret | portrete |
Word family
autoportretself-portrait
portretistportraitist
portretisticăthe art of portraiture
a portretizato portray, to depict
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "portret" from French "portrait" during the 19th-century modernization of its vocabulary, when many art and culture terms entered the language through French. The French word itself descends from Latin "protrahere", meaning to draw forth or bring to light. The sense narrowed over time from a general act of depiction to the specific image of a person's face.
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