Dictionary

portrayal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From portray + -al.

Meanings

1. The act of portraying.
2. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
   • 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...
   • Dickens was the quintessential actor, luxuriating in the portrayal of his idiosyncratic characters. In contrast, more than a characterist, Poe was above all a wonderfully musical reader, […] 1994, Sara K. Schneider, Concert Song as Seen, page 28:
   • 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.
   • Images of Dutchness in American visual culture and literature during the nineteenth century differed radically between portrayals of the Netherlands Dutch and those of the American Dutch. 2009, Hans Krabbendam, Cornelis A. van Minnen, Giles Scott-Smith, Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations: 1609-2009, page 238:

Forms

Deriveds

nonportrayal · misportrayal

Translations (15)

ga dreachadh (result of portraying) · ga léiriú (act of portraying) · ml ചിത്രീകരണം (result of portraying) · fi kuvaaminen (act of portraying) · hi चित्रांकन (act of portraying) · ml ചിത്രീകരണം (act of portraying) · ga léiriú (result of portraying) · fi muotokuva (result of portraying) · fi kuvailu (act of portraying) · ga dreachadh (act of portraying) · hi चित्रण (result of portraying) · fi kuvaus (result of portraying) · ka განსახიერება (act of portraying) · hi चित्र (result of portraying) · ga léargas (result of portraying)