ritratto

See also: ritrattò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ritratto. Doublet of retract, retrait, and retreat.

Noun

ritratto (plural ritrattos or ritrattoes)

1. (obsolete) A picture; a portrait.
   • 1722, Jonathan Richardson, An Account of Some of the Statues, Bas-reliefs, Drawings and Pictures in Italy, &c, page 344:

     Here are the Ritrattoes of the Family; amongst others some by Titian, Giorgion, &c […]

   • 1738, John Breval, Remarks on Several Parts of Europe, page 147:

     A little beyond this Vestibule […] is what they call the Painter's Chamber, fill'd from Top to Bottom, with the Ritrattos of all the most famous Men in that Art […]

   • 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.

References

• “ritratto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• attritor, titrator

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈtrat.to/
• Rhymes: -atto
• Hyphenation: ri‧tràt‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin retractus.

Adjective

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

1. drawn back, withdrawn
2. portrayed, drawn, depicted

Noun

ritratto m (plural ritratti)

1. portrait, image, picture, description

Related terms

• ritrarre
• ritrattista
• ritrattistica
• ritrattistico

Descendants

• → Catalan: retrat
• → English: ritratto
• → Portuguese: retrato
• → Spanish: retrato
  • → Cebuano: litrato
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: ditraato
  • → Tagalog: retrato

Participle

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

1. past participle of ritrarre

Etymology 2

Verb

ritratto

1. first-person singular present indicative of ritrattare

Anagrams

• rattorti, trarotti, trattori