## Meanings
1. A painting, drawing, or photograph of a person, especially the face and shoulders.
2. A detailed description of a person or situation in words.
3. A page or image orientation that is taller than it is wide.

## Examples
- A portrait of the queen hung above the fireplace.
- The novel paints a vivid portrait of city life.
- Print the document in portrait, not landscape.

## Antonyms
- landscape
- profile

## Derived Forms
- autoportrait
- microportrait
- miniportrait
- photo-portrait
- portraitgate
- portraitist
- portraitlike
- portraitor
- self-portrait

## Related Forms
- portray
- trait

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: portraict
- Root: prōtrahō

## Etymology
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō). Compare typologically English drawing.

## AI Etymology
Portrait comes from Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō). Compare typologically English drawing. The historical chain includes portraict (Middle French), prōtrahō (Latin). In present-day English it covers a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person, especially the face and shoulders, a detailed description of a person or situation in words, and a page or image orientation that is taller than it is wide. The wider family includes derived forms such as autoportrait, microportrait, miniportrait, photo-portrait, portraitgate and related forms such as portray, trait.

## Topics
- Art & Music

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