how to pronounce portrait

/ˈpɔː.tɹət/

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portrait is pronounced in two syllables

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pɔːtɹət

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

“… and that particular portrait belongs to …”

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 - B2 level of CEFR

the word portrait occurs in english on average 17.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 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;

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