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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPortraitist
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2 senses- 1
An artist who paints, draws, sculpts, or photographs portraits.
"Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was celebrated as one of the finest portraitists of the 18th century." - 2
A writer who provides detailed descriptive sketches of people's characters or lives.
"As a literary portraitist, the biographer captured the subtle nuances of her subjects' personalities."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French noun 'portrait', originating from the Old French 'portraire' (to draw, portray), stemming from the Latin 'protrahere' (to draw forth, reveal). The suffix '-ist' is added to denote a person who practices or performs an action, establishing the term in English during the late 16th century to describe artists specializing in painting or photographing faces.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Portraitist" is said worldwide
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portraitiste
Transliteration: pɔʁ.tʁa.ist
"Elle est devenue une portraitiste renommée à la cour."
Porträtmaler
Transliteration: pɔʁˈtrɛːˌmaːlɐ
"Der berühmte Porträtmaler malte das Bild der Königin."
ritrattista
Transliteration: ri.tratˈti.sta
"Il talentuoso ritrattista ha catturato ogni dettaglio del suo viso."
retratista
Transliteration: re.tɾaˈtis.ta
"La talentosa retratista pintó a la aristocracia francesa."
retratista
Transliteration: ʁe.tɾaˈtʃis.tɐ
"Ela trabalhou como retratista oficial da rainha."
चित्रकार
Transliteration: chitrakar
"वह अपने समय की एक प्रसिद्ध चित्रकार थीं।"
肖像画家
Transliteration: xiào xiàng huà jiā
"这位才华横溢的肖像画家受到了宫廷的赞赏。"
초상화가
Transliteration: chosanghwaga
"그녀는 당대 최고의 초상화가 중 한 명이었습니다."
肖像画家
Transliteration: shōzō gaka
"彼女は宮廷で最も優れた肖像画家として活躍した。"
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