No. 4,713 in French
portraits
"Portraits" in French means "paintings, drawings, photographs, or descriptions of a person."
In a sentence
Les artistes peignent souvent des portraits captivants de leurs sujets.
Artists often paint captivating portraits of their subjects.
In this sentence, 'portraits' refers to artistic representations of people made by painters or photographers.
La galerie expose une collection de portraits anciens datant du XIXe siècle.
The gallery is exhibiting a collection of old portraits from the 19th century.
Here, 'portraits' indicates historical visual representations of individuals presented in an exhibition.
Son autobiographie dresse des portraits intéressants des figures politiques de son époque.
His autobiography draws interesting portraits of political figures of his time.
In this sentence, 'portraits' metaphorically signifies descriptive accounts or character sketches of individuals within a text.
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