ritratto

See also: ritrattò

English

Etymology

Noun

ritratto (plural ritrattos or ritrattoes)

(obsolete) A picture; a portrait.
- 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman:
  ——'tis more like a ritratto of the shadow of vanity, than of VANITY herself——of the two; resembling rather a faint thought of transient applause, secretly stirring up in the heart of the composer, than a gross mark of it, coarsely obtruded upon the world.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ritratto in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

attritor, titrator

Italian

Etymology

From Latin retractus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /riˈtratto/
Rhymes: -atto

Adjective

ritratto (feminine singular ritratta, masculine plural ritratti, feminine plural ritratte)

drawn back, withdrawn
portrayed, drawn, depicted

Noun

ritratto m (plural ritratti)

portrait, image, picture, description

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: ritratto
→ Portuguese: retrato
→ Spanish: retrato
- → Cebuano: litrato
- → Southeastern Tepehuan: ditraato
- → Tagalog: litrato

Verb

ritratto m (feminine singular ritratta, masculine plural ritratti, feminine plural ritratte)

past participle of ritrarre

Verb

ritratto

first-person singular present indicative of ritrattare

Anagrams

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