portrait

/ˈpɔːtrɪt/ noun

Translation

› [C] a painting, drawing, or photograph of someone

portre

a portrait of the princess a portrait gallery/painter1344

a portrait of sb/sth › a film or book which describes someone or something in detail

birinin/bir şeyin portresi/ayrıntılı tanıtımı

His latest film is a portrait of life in the 1920s. → See also self-portrait1199

(Definition of portrait noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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