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self-portrait

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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

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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
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