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Added 29 September 2026

picture

/ˈpɪk.t͡ʃə/ noun

In Latin: pictūra Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about picture at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
An image; a representation as in the imagination.
A painting.
There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.

verb

To represent in or with a picture.
To imagine or envision.
To depict or describe vividly.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English picture, from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“to paint”). Doublet of pictura.

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