how to pronounce portrait

/ˈpɔːɹtɹət/

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the above transcription of portrait is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

portrait is pronounced in two syllables

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ɔː

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An example use of portrait in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… of pennsylvania replaced the portrait of …”

meaning of portrait

A portrait is a painting, drawing, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is the most important subject.

portrait frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word portrait occurs in english on average 13.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics portrait can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that portrait can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;