self-portrait

noun

The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.

OriginEnglish portrait ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

nounself-portrait (plural self-portraits)

plural self-portraits

  1. The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishportrait
  9. Englishself-portrait

From self- + portrait.

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Translations

Bulgarian автопортрет
  • автопортрет (avtoportret)portrait of the painter who painted it
Catalan autoretrat
  • autoretratportrait of the painter who painted it
Chinese Mandarin 自畫像 /自画像
  • 自畫像 /自画像 (zìhuàxiàng)portrait of the painter who painted it
Czech autoportrét
  • autoportrétportrait of the painter who painted it
Danish selvportræt
  • selvportrætportrait of the painter who painted it
Dutch zelfportret
  • zelfportretportrait of the painter who painted it
Esperanto memportreto
  • memportretoportrait of the painter who painted it
Finnish omakuva
  • omakuvaportrait of the painter who painted it
French autoportrait
  • autoportraitportrait of the painter who painted it
German Selbstbildnis, Selbstporträt
  • Selbstbildnisportrait of the painter who painted it
  • Selbstporträtportrait of the painter who painted it
Greek αυτοπροσωπογραφία, αυτοπορτρέτο
  • αυτοπροσωπογραφία (aftoprosopografía)portrait of the painter who painted it
  • αυτοπορτρέτο (aftoportréto)portrait of the painter who painted it
Hebrew דְּיוֹקָן עַצְמִי
  • דְּיוֹקָן עַצְמִי (dyoqán atzmí)portrait of the painter who painted it
Hungarian önarckép
  • önarcképportrait of the painter who painted it
Icelandic sjálfsmynd
  • sjálfsmyndportrait of the painter who painted it
Irish féinphortráid
  • féinphortráidportrait of the painter who painted it
Italian autoritratto
  • autoritrattoportrait of the painter who painted it
Latvian pašportrets
  • pašportretsportrait of the painter who painted it
Māori whakaahua kiriaro
  • whakaahua kiriaroportrait of the painter who painted it
Norwegian Bokmål selvportrett, sjølportrett
  • selvportrettportrait of the painter who painted it
  • sjølportrettportrait of the painter who painted it
Polish autoportret
  • autoportretportrait of the painter who painted it
Portuguese autorretrato
  • autorretratoportrait of the painter who painted it
Romanian autoportret
  • autoportretportrait of the painter who painted it
Russian автопортре́т
  • автопортре́т (avtoportrét)portrait of the painter who painted it
Spanish autorretrato
  • autorretratoportrait of the painter who painted it
Swedish självporträtt
  • självporträttportrait of the painter who painted it
Turkish otoportre
  • otoportreportrait of the painter who painted it
Ukrainian автопортре́т
  • автопортре́т (avtoportrét)portrait of the painter who painted it
Vietnamese tranh tự hoạ
  • tranh tự hoạportrait of the painter who painted it
Cite this entry
APA

self-portrait. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-portrait

MLA

“self-portrait.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-portrait. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-portrait,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-portrait.

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