portraitist

por·trait·ist

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pawr-tri-tist, -trey-, pohr-]
- /ˈpɔr trɪ tɪst, -treɪ-, ˈpoʊr-/
- /ˈpɔː.trɪ.tɪst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pawr-tri-tist, -trey-, pohr-]
- /ˈpɔr trɪ tɪst, -treɪ-, ˈpoʊr-/

Definitions of portraitist word

noun portraitist a person who makes portraits. 1
countable noun portraitist A portraitist is an artist who paints or draws people's portraits. 0
noun portraitist an artist, photographer, etc, who specializes in portraits 0
noun portraitist a person who makes portraits 0

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Origin of portraitist

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70; portrait + -ist

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Parts of speech for Portraitist

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Portraitist

portraitist popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

portraitist usage trend in Literature

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