portrait

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
portrait/ˈpɔːtreɪt/

▶noun

• 1 an artistic representation of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.

• 2 a description in language or on film or television.

• 3 [as modifier] denoting a format of printed matter which is higher than it is wide. Compare with landscape.

– derivatives
portraitist noun,
portraiture noun.

– origin C16: from Fr., past part. of OFr. portraire ‘portray’.