noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a portrait of yourself created by yourself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: portrait, portrayal
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English portrait English self-portrait From self- + portrait.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ինքնանկար
(inkʻnankar)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Asturian:
autorretratu
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Azerbaijani:
avtoportret
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Belarusian:
аўтапартрэ́т
(awtapartrét)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Bulgarian:
автопортрет
(avtoportret)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Catalan:
autoretrat
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Chinese Mandarin:
自畫像 /自画像
(zìhuàxiàng)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Czech:
autoportrét
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Danish:
selvportræt
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Dutch:
zelfportret
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Esperanto:
memportreto
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Faroese:
sjálvsmynd
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Finnish:
omakuva
— portrait of the painter who painted it
French:
autoportrait
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Galician:
autorretrato
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Georgian:
ავტოპორტრეტი
(avṭoṗorṭreṭi)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Georgian:
თვითპორტრეტი
(tvitṗorṭreṭi)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
German:
Selbstbildnis
— portrait of the painter who painted it
German:
Selbstporträt
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Greek:
αυτοπροσωπογραφία
(aftoprosopografía)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Greek:
αυτοπορτρέτο
(aftoportréto)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Hebrew:
דְּיוֹקָן עַצְמִי
(dyoqán atzmí)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Hungarian:
önarckép
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Icelandic:
sjálfsmynd
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Irish:
féinphortráid
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Italian:
autoritratto
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Latvian:
pašportrets
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Macedonian:
автопортре́т
(avtoportrét)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Māori:
whakaahua kiriaro
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Norwegian Bokmål:
selvportrett
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Norwegian Bokmål:
sjølportrett
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sjølvportrett
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Nuosu:
ꑴꅉꁱꒃ
(yip dde bbur yu)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Polish:
autoportret
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Portuguese:
autorretrato
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Romanian:
autoportret
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Russian:
автопортре́т
(avtoportrét)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Serbo-Croatian:
аутопортрет
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Spanish:
autorretrato
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Swedish:
självporträtt
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Turkish:
otoportre
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Ukrainian:
автопортре́т
(avtoportrét)
— portrait of the painter who painted it
Vietnamese:
tranh tự hoạ
— portrait of the painter who painted it