Picture

Definition: Picture

Picture

Noun

1. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them".

2. Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre".

3. A clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind".

4. A situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable" or "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century".

5. Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures".

6. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location".

7. The visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone".

8. A graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland".

9. A typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair".

Verb

1. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!" "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy".

2. Show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "picture" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Picture \Pic"ture\, noun. [Latin pictura, from pingere, pictum, to paint: compare to French peinture. See Paint.]. (references)

Satire

Computing

Literature

Mining

Post & Telecom

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Picture

Cheerfulness

Verb: be cheerful; Adjective: have the mind at ease, smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits; view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose; ridentem dicere virum, cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up; chirp, take heart, cast away care, drive dull care away, perk up.

Copy

Image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype, photo offset, electrotype; imitation; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait; (representation); resemblance.

Correspondence

Noun: correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux; chit, chitty, letter card, picture post card; postal, card; despatch; dispatch; bulletin, these presents; rescript, rescription; post; (messenger).

Description

Verb: describe; set forth; (state); draw a picture, picture; portray; (represent); characterize, particularize; narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again.

Imagination

Visualize, envision, conjure up a vision; fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself; vorstellen.

Painting

Picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas; oil painting; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil; drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study.

Picture gallery, exhibit; studio, atelier; pinacotheca.

Representation

Picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot; X-ray photo; movie film, movie; tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TVerb:

Similarity

Exact; (true); lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like.

Crosswords: Picture

Uh, is that what this is a picture of (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

I don't even have a picture of him. He exists now only in my memory (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron)

Okay, umm, if you ever get bored with your man, it's perfectly okay to picture someone else's head on his body (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps; writing credit: Jerry Lewis; Steve Oedekerk)

You see my picture in the paper (Analyze This; writing credit: Kenneth Lonergan; Peter Tolan)

We were supposed to draw a picture, anything we wanted (The Sixth Sense; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

You're a picture to remember (Mental Picture; performing artist: Jon Secada)

I just saw a picture, from the lost and found (When I Say; performing artist: Air Supply)

I keep your picture beside my bed, (How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore; performing artist: Alicia Keys)

Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show ("Ode to Billy Joe"; performing artist: Bobbie Gentry)

Look in the mirror, there is a picture (Thank U In Advance; performing artist: Boyz II Men)

One picture is worth more than ten thousand words. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

You don't look at a picture of a Chevy when you drive a Cadillac. (references; author: unknown)

If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip. (references; author: unknown)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)

A Picture of Us (1973)

The Stanley Baxter Picture Show (1972)

Picture to Post (1969)

A Class Picture of the CCAC Film Class of '65 Actually Taught by Bruce Conner in the Tradition of Lumière (1965)

Mental Picture (performing artist: Jon Secada)

Picture (performing artist: Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Motion Picture Production, Distribution, and Theaters in Asia (reference)

• The World Market for Statuettes and Ornaments, Photograph or Picture Frames, and Mirrors made of Base Metal: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Great English Novels/Pride and Prejudice/a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man/Heart of Darkness/the Picture of Dorian Gray (reference)

• Picture Journeys in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias: America's Largest National Park (reference)

• Word by Word Picture Dictionary Spanish/English Edition (reference)

• 25 Terrific Art Projects Based on Favorite Picture Books: Easy How-To's for Delightful Art Projects That Enrich Kids' Reading Experience (reference)

• Phacomatosis in Japan: Epidemiology, Clinical Picture and Molecular Biology (Gann Monograph on Cancer Research, 46) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Australian Picture Catalogue (reference)

• In The Picture (reference)

• Picture (reference)

• Picture Framing Magazine (reference)

• Picture Postcard Monthly (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Last Picture Show (Director's Cut) (reference)

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Sleepy Hollow: Music from the Motion Picture [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Honeymoon In Vegas: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Hook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Hoop Dreams - An Extraordinary True Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• MCS INDUSTRIES 06015 8x10 SINGLE MAT FOR 5x7 PICTURE - COLOR: HUNTER (reference)

• MCS INDUSTRIES 06303 5x7 SINGLE MAT FOR 4x6 PICTURE - COLOR: HUNTER (reference)

• DVD Picture Show-Imaging Suite (reference)

• Samsung SCD67 MiniDV Digital Video Camcorder with 2.5" LCD, Picture in Picture, & Digital Still Capability [MINIDV] (reference)

• MCS INDUSTRIES 04452 4"x6" CLASSIC TRENDS PICTURE FRAME - GREEN MARBLE FINISH (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Conair Picture Perfect Mirror (reference)

• Bessey K3.1212 Picture Framer Clamp Kit (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured are instruments used in endoscopy. They are highlighted in an otherwise dark picture and lying on a textured cloth. Shown are flexible fibers, a small brush and a third instrument in some photos. The fibers transmit high intensity light through the endoscope shown. The brushes are used to take biopsies. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

The image shows a father holding a young child on his lap. They seem to be watching an event outside of the picture. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Motorized bin in old CDC Still Picture Archive, Building 2, Clifton Road. Credit: CDC.

Crewmembers of STS-71, Mir-18 and Mir-19 Pose for Inflight Picture. Credit: NASA.

First Picture from Explorer VI Satellite. Credit: NASA.

This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture of a recently-formed “planetary nebula,” known ... Credit: NASA.

This visible-light picture, taken by the Hubble telescope, reveals an intergalactic ... Credit: NASA.

View of Africa and Saudi Arabia from Apollo 17.Probably the most requested picture of the Earth, this picture was taken by the Apollo17 astronauts as they left earth orbit en route to the Moon. Taken on Dec. 7, 1972,it was the first time that the trajectory of an Apollo mission enabled a view ofthe south pole. Credit: NASA.

This image was taken by Voyager as it left the Earth-Moon system and looked back. It was the first picture taken by a spacecraft which included both the Earth and Moon. Credit: NASA.

Splash as humpback - Megaptera novaeangliae - hits the water after breaching. This picture won the whale cannonball contest. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Thus, as a sunless deep Mirrors the shining heights that crown the bay, So did my soul create anew in sleep The picture seen by day.

We mention this merely to complete the picture of the convent in the mind of the reader

Peter Parley himself was on the first page in a picture.

On the wall a picture of an Indian girl in color, labeled Red Wing

There is not a nail to hang a picture on, nor a shelf to receive the bust of a hero or a saint

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The picture below shows a fox with rabies. (references)

The dog in this picture has been diagnosed with rabies. (references)

To get a good picture of your individual needs, ask your doctor. (references)

Business

Latent demand only represents half the picture. (references)

After the crisis the picture has completely changed. (references)

They supply 50 percent of the U.S. market for picture frames and moldings. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iceland

The law bans the production, exhibition, distribution, or sale of "violent" movies, which "strive to show mistreatment or the brutal killing of men or animals." A six-member Motion Picture Review Committee, appointed by the Minister of Education and Culture, reviews all movies before they are shown and rates their suitability for children. (references)

India

The eastern part of the country presented a varied picture with regard to religious freedom during the year. (references)

Bangladesh

Reports alleged that a BNP leader incited the activists to assault Abdullah for publishing press accounts connected to the BNP. On April 24, Muniruddin Ahmed, a staff correspondent of the Dhaka-based Bangla-language daily Inqilab in Khulna, was assaulted, allegedly by Awami League activists, at the Picture Palace Crossing in Khulna City while on assignment. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

Delays, because of both legal issues and investor concerns about the security and economic picture, have occurred. (references)

Nigeria

Motion Picture Association (MPA) member companies claimed they did not receive their contractual compensation promised by the Nigerian Government following the nationalization, nor were the companies able to repatriate their assets from Nigeria. (references)

Netherlands

Annual losses to the U. S. motion picture industry due to audiovisual piracy in the Netherlands have been estimated at $10 million in 2000. The Dutch government has recognized the need to protect intellectual property rights, and law enforcement personnel have worked with industry associations to find and seize pirated software. (references)

Human Rights

South Africa

This process includes electronically storing the fingerprints and picture of the accused, which assists authorities in minimizing the incidence of mistaken identity or deliberate identity switching by detainees, thereby limiting the chances of escape. (references)

Korea

The Government considers critics of the regime to be "political criminals." Numerous reports suggest that political offenses have in the past included such behavior as sitting on newspapers bearing Kim Il Sung's picture, or (in the case of a professor reportedly sentenced to work as a laborer) noting in class that Kim Il Sung had received little formal education. (references)

Minorities

Japan

Instead of fingerprinting, the Government established a family registry system that uses the resident's picture and signature and contains information on parents and spouses living in the country, a system similar to that used for citizens. (references)

Political Economy

PERU

Industry data show that piracy in the software and motion picture industries has declined sharply since the mid-1990s. (references)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) estimates that losses in the Dominican Republic due to theft of satellite-carried programming are one million dollars per year. (references)

COLOMBIA

The U.S. Motion Picture Association (MPA) estimates that at least 90 percent of the video market is pirate or systematically involved in unauthorized transmissions of MPA member company products. (references)

Trade

Philippines

In lieu of product sample, a colored picture of each product may be submitted. (references)

Worker Rights

Japan

Since trafficked women generally are deported under immigration law as prostitutes, immigration statistics may provide only a rough picture of the scale of the problem. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Divers picture

Expressions using "picture": Animated picture ♦ as beautiful as a picture ♦ automatic picture transmission ♦ be in the picture ♦ Cabinet picture ♦ cover picture ♦ drawing or picture ♦ drow a picture ♦ Easel picture ♦ Edmond's picture chart ♦ fantasy picture ♦ framing of a picture ♦ furniture picture ♦ general picture ♦ genre picture ♦ get the picture ♦ grey level picture ♦ group picture ♦ halftone picture ♦ he is picture of health ♦ he is the picture of his father ♦ holy picture ♦ identikit picture ♦ interlaced picture ♦ ISO Joint Picture Expert Group ♦ Living picture ♦ low tone picture ♦ memory picture ♦ mental picture ♦ motion picture ♦ motion Picture Experts Group ♦ motion picture film ♦ motion picture producer ♦ mount a picture ♦ moving picture ♦ moving Picture Expert Group ♦ moving Picture Experts Group ♦ moving picture machine ♦ news picture ♦ out of the picture ♦ paint a picture ♦ paint a picture of smth. ♦ paint a rosier picture ♦ panoramic picture ♦ pen picture ♦ picture book ♦ picture box ♦ picture card ♦ picture diagram ♦ picture element ♦ picture frame ♦ picture gallery ♦ picture hat ♦ picture hook ♦ picture house ♦ picture making ♦ picture monitor ♦ picture oneself ♦ picture palace ♦ picture plane ♦ picture postcard ♦ picture poster ♦ picture puzzle ♦ picture Quality Scale ♦ picture rail ♦ picture red ♦ picture report ♦ Picture Rocks ♦ picture show ♦ picture size ♦ picture sticking ♦ picture story ♦ picture symbol ♦ picture synthesis ♦ picture taking ♦ picture theater ♦ picture theatre ♦ picture to oneself ♦ picture transmission ♦ picture tube ♦ picture unit ♦ picture window ♦ picture writing ♦ poker picture ♦ pretty as a picture ♦ put him in the picture ♦ put in the picture ♦ put smb. in the picture ♦ puzzle picture ♦ reversed picture ♦ sand picture ♦ satellite picture ♦ sepia picture ♦ shadow picture ♦ slow motion picture ♦ Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ♦ stereoscopic picture ♦ still picture ♦ sun picture ♦ take a picture ♦ take picture. Additional references.

Beginning with "picture": picture-album, picture-archiving, picture-based, picture-book, picture-books, picture-box, picture-buyer, picture-by-picture, picture-covered, picture-drawing, picture-edits, picture-faker, picture-frame, picture-frames, picture-framing, picture-galleries, picture-gallery, picture-glyphs, picture-goer, picture-halls, picture-harmonics, picture-house, picture-houses, picture-imp, picture-in-picture, picture-labelled, picture-language, picture-led, picture-lending, picture-like, picture-lined, picture-loving, picture-making, picture-naming, picture-obsessed, picture-palace, picture-perfect, picture-plane, picture-postcard, picture-postcards, picture-rail, picture-reader, picture-recognition, picture-recognizing, picture-recording, picture-resolution, picture-seller, picture-selling, picture-sequence, picture-space, picture-square, picture-story, picture-strip, picture-strips, picture-tables, picture-taking, picture-to, picture-watching, picture-window, picture-writing.

Ending with "picture": word-picture, world-picture.

Containing "picture": motion-picture camera, motion-picture fan, motion-picture film, motion-picture photography.

Afrikaans

skildery (painting), beeld (diagram, figure, image, metaphor, representation, statue), beeltenis (image, portrait). (various references)

Albanian

pikturoj (limn, paint, portray), pikturë (drawing, painting), përshkruaj (characterize, delineate, depict, depicture, describe, draw, escribe, image, paint, portray, render), përfytyroj (conceive, depicture, dream, dream up, envision, fancy, figure, figure to oneself, give rein to one's imagination, image, imagine, realize, visualize), përfytyrim (fantasy, image, imagination, notion, phantasy, reproduction, vision), mishërim (embodiment, epitome, impersonation, incarnation, objectification, personation, personification), film (cinema, film, motion picture, movie, moving pictures, pictures), fotografi (photo, photograph, photography, print, shot), gjë e bukur, gjendje (circumstance, circumstances, condition, fettle, form, medium, milieu, Nick, pass, position, posture, rating, shape, situation, state, status, the right, way), ide (brainchild, brainstorm, conception, idea, notion, thought), kopje (carbon, carbon copy, copy, crib, ditto, double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, manifold, model, replica, replication, reproduction, take off, tally), figurë në ekran, marr me mend (divine, guess, perceive, presume, presuppose, surmise), tablo (landscape, painting, panel, scene, spectacle, tableau), riprodhim (carbon copy, facsimile, print, proliferation, replica, reproduction, review), kuadër (frame, panel, setting). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تمثل (assimilate), ‏رسم (block, charge, daub, depict, depiction, describe, description, design, draft, draught, draw, drawing, etch, etching, exhibit, figure to oneself, formalize, image, impost, lay, lay out, limn, line, mark out, pattern, pencil, plotter, portray, portrayal, protract, scrawl, sketch, tableau, trace, trace over, weave), ‏رسم تصوير (delimitation, designing, drawing, painting, sketch, tracing), ‏رسم لوحة, ‏ذهب للسينما (take in), ‏صور (characterize, depict, describe, film, paint, photo, pic, portray, shoot, snap, take, typify), ‏صورة (configuration, effigy, feature, form, gestalt, idol, image, photograph, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, print, representation, reproduction, resemblance, shot, tableau, take), ‏عنوان (address, heading, item, rubric), ‏شريط سينمائي (celluloid, kinescope, movie), ‏تصور (be photographed, conceive, conception, envisage, fantasy, ideation, imagination, imagine, phantasy, project, see, suppose, vision, visualization, visualize), صورة (figure, shape), ‏تمثيل (creation, mayhem, performance, personification, play, representation, sculpture, sham, torture), ‏حالة (case, circumstance, condition, conjuncture, drama, estate, event, feather, fettle, incident, job, manner, nick, occurrence, phase, place, plight, pose, position, posture, rate, shape, situation, state, status, trim, way, weather, whack), ‏وصف (adjective, attributive, capacity, characterization, characterize, demonstrate, demonstration, depict, depiction, describe, description, dub, painting, portray, term), ‏لوحة (doorplate, drawing, nameplate, painting, panel, plaque, plate, portrait, tablet), ‏نقش (carve, carving, chasing, chisel, chiselling, engrave, engraving, headpiece, incise, incision, inscribe, inscription, lettering), ‏مثال (copy, epitome, example, exemplar, ideal, image, model, paradigm, pattern, quintessence, specimen, symbol, type), ‏فلم, ‏تخيل (conceive, dream up, envisage, fancy, feature, fiction, figure, figure to oneself, image, imagine, make believe, project oneself, see, think, vision, visualization, visualize). (various references)

Basque

irudi (illustration). (various references)

Bulgarian 

въплъщение (avatar, epitome, impersonation, incarnation, personation, personification), изобразявам (depict, depicture, design, embody, feature, figure, image, limn, represent, typify), изглед (aspect, look, outlook, perspective, prospect, view), пейзаж (landscape, prospect, scene, scenery), положение на нещата (circumstances, conjuncture, constellation, layout, state of affairs), портрет (effigy, figure work, likeness, portrait, portraiture), представа (conception, idea, notion, presentation, tablature, view), описвам (depict, depicture, describe, draw, list, narrate, portray, record, report, represent to smb., write down), изображение (depiction, description, effigy, image, portrait, representation, simulacrum), образ (effigy, face, figure, form, guise, idol, image, likeness, obverse, representation, semblance, similitude, simulacrum, type, visage), снимка (photo, photograph, print, shot, still), картина (image, painting, piece, scene), красив предмет, красив човек, красива гледка, филм (film, flickers, motion picture, movie, moving pictures, roll film, show), фотография (photo, photograph, photography), рисунка (depiction, draft, drawing, tracery), рисувам (depict, design, draw, figure, image, limn, paint, sketch), обрисувам (delineate, depict, outline, portray). (various references)

Chinese 

照片 (photograph), 畫兒 (drawing, painting), 畫 (draw, painting), 相 (appearance, each other, mutually, one another, portrait), 圖片 (image), 圖畫 (drawing), 圖像 (graphic, image), 圖 (chart, diagram, drawing, -ization, to ... -ize, to change into, to make into, to plan, to transform), 拍攝 , 幀 (frame, one of a pair), 影 (image, reflection, shadow), 图片. (various references)

Czech

obrázek (illustration, still). (various references)

Danish

billede (image, painting, portrait), figur (diagram, figure, image, representation). (various references)

Dutch

beeld (diagram, figure, image, metaphor, portrait, representation, statue), afbeelding (diagram, figure, image, representation), prent (engraving, image), plaat (bank, dial, disc, disk, grammophone disc, image, plate, record, sandbank, sheet, slab), figuur (character, diagram, figure, image, representation, stature). (various references)

Esperanto

pentraĵo (painting), similaĵo (image, portrait), figuro (diagram, figure, image, representation), bildo (image). (various references)

Faeroese

mynd (image). (various references)

Farsi 

منظره (Landscape, Object, Outlook, Perspective, Prospect, Scene, Scenery, Sight, Spectacle, View, Vision), نقاشی کردن (Brush, Contour, Crayon, Paint), وصف (Description), تصویر (Form, Hue, Image, Likeness, Portrait, Scenography, Vignette), تصور (Fancy, Idea, If, Image, Notion, Supposition, Vision), سینما (Cinema, Movie), عکس (Photograph, Shot, Vignette), روشن ساختن , باعکس نشان دادن . (various references)

Finnish

kuva (figure, image). (various references)

French

image, illustration, figure (picture card). (various references)

Frisian

skilderij (painting), figuer (diagram, figure, image, representation), byld (image, stature). (various references)

German

Bild (character, drawing, figure, frame, illustration, image, metaphor, painting, photo, photograph, picture card, portrait, reflection, scene, sight, tableau, vista), Gemälde (painting, paintings, portrayal, tableau), Darstellung (account, acting, depiction, description, embodiment, figure, phantom, portrayal, presentation, presentment, representation, schema, statement, version), darstellen (constitute, delineate, depict, describe, display, enact, impersonate, incarnate, introduce, offer, paint, personate, play, play out, plot, portray, pose, present, produce, render, represent, tender, to depict, to personate, to represent), Abbildung (depiction, fig, figure, ill, illustration, image, map, mapping, transformation), Abbild (copy, diagram, figure, icon, idol, image, likeness, portrayal, reflection, representation, reproduction). (various references)

Greek 

εικόνα (figure, icon, illustration, image, poster). (various references)

Hawaiian

film (film, motion picture, movie). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתאר (depict, describe, narrate, portray, represent, write up), לדמין (envisage, imagine), לציר (draw, limn, paint, portray), תמונה (image, likeness, painting), איקונין (icon, ikon, image), ציור (design, drawing, figure, painting, portrayal). (various references)

Hungarian

kép (countenance, drawing, effigy, illustration, image, jowl, latent image, painting, photograph, scene, sketch, snap, snapshot), film (animated picture, cinema, film, movie, moving pictures, picture show, pix, screen, screen-play), tévékép, festmény (diptych, image, painting), ábra (diagram, figure, graph, graphic, illustration). (various references)

Indonesian

gambar (drawing, effigy, figure, illustration), foto (photograph). (various references)

Irish

phictiúr. (various references)

Italian

immagine (clones, figure, illustration, image, imagination, imago, reflex, representation, visualisation, visualization), illustrazione (explanation, illustration, image, vignette), pittura (depiction, enamel, image, paint, painting), figura (diagram, figure, form, guise, illustration, image, person, representation, shape), dipinto (image, painted, painting, photo, snap). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

額 (amount or sum, brow, forehead), 絵画　, 絵画 , 絵 (drawing, painting, sketch), 画面　 (scene, screen), 画面 (photo, scene, terminal screen, the field), 画像 (image, portrait), 人物像 (picture revealing character, statue), ピギーバック輸送 (10^-12, pf, picket, pickles, picnic, pico-, picofarad, picot, pictograph, piggyback system, pique, Pisa, pixar, pixel, Pygmy), 像 (figure, image, portrait, statue), 写 (copy, describe, duplicate, photograph, reproduce, trace, transcribe), 図 (drawing, figure, illustration). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぞう (bowels, elephant, figure, image, portrait, statue, viscera), ず (at, cord, drawing, figure, illustration, in, on, ridge, strap, tail, thong), がぞう (image, portrait), がめん (photo, scene, terminal screen, the field), がく (amount or sum, erudition, knowledge, learning, scholarship), ピクチャー , しゃ (borrowing, copy, describe, duplicate, gauze, house, hut, inn, mansion, now, photograph, reproduce, then, trace, transcribe, well), かいが, じんぶつぞう (picture revealing character, statue), え (bay, depending on, drawing, -fold, grip, handle, inlet, painting, -ply, sketch, type of beefsteak plant, understanding). (various references)

Korean 

그림 (Drawing, Picturing). (various references)

Malay

lukisan (painting). (various references)

Manx

tuarystal (appearance, likeness, model, portrayal, resemblance, shape, similitude, simulacrum), scannane (cine-film, diaphragm, film, film of oil, movie), jalloo (altarpiece, bust, carving, drawing, effigy, figure, guy, icon, idol, image, joss, painting, sculpture, statue), caslys (appearance, design, drawing, elevation, illustration, imitation, painting, shape). (various references)

Norwegian

maleri (painting), bilde (image). (various references)

Occitan

ilustracion (illustration). (various references)

Papiamen

kuadro (painting), figura (diagram, figure, image, representation). (various references)

Pig Latin

icturepay.(various references)

Polish

obraz (image, painting). (various references)

Portuguese

quadro (board, cadre, chart, frame, image, index, paint, painting, presentment, scene, screen, skyscape, tableau, tablet, tabulation), figura (diagram, face card, figure, form, guest-card, image), estampa (image, impress, incuse, print), retrato (double, image, likeness, photo, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, representation, resemblance, semblance, still), pintura (make-up, paint, portrait, portrayal), imagem (diagram, form, guest-card, idol, likeness, mirror, model, niche, portrait, print, representation, resemblance, semblance, simulacrum), gravura (carving, cut, engraving, illustration, image, print). (various references)

Romanian

personificare (devil, embodiment, impersonation, personalization, personation, personification, soul), prezenta (arise, bear, bring, carry forth, display, exhibit, expound, file, give, give in, have, hold forth, hold up, introduce, offer, paint, present, produce, put forward, put in, recommend, represent, reproduce, set forth, show, submit, tender), pozã (photo, photog, photograph, portrait, pose, standing), portret (icon, likeness, portrait, portraiture, resemblance), picturå (painting), picturã (battle piece, painting, the brush), picta (colour, depict, describe, paint, paint in, pencil, portray), cadru (casement, compass, frame, framework, framing, personnel, rim, scenery, setting, skeleton, specialists, still), cinema (cinema, film, kinema, movie theatre, movies, picture house, picture palace, picture show, picture theatre, picturedom, pix), descrie (depict, describe, image, paint, represent, sketch, write), desena (design, draw, draw out, figure, pencil, profile, sketch, trace), film (celluloid, film, motion picture, movie, moving picture, moving pictures, pageant, picture show), fotografie (photo, photog, photograph, photography, photoprint, print), frumuseţe (beauty, fairness, fineness, good looks, goodliness, handsomeness, loftiness, loveliness, peach), ilustraţie (figure, illustration), întruchipare (devil, embodiment, incorporation, marvel), imagine (frame, icon, idea, idol, image, likeness, portrait, representation, shape), zugrãvi (decorate, delineate, depict, describe, paint, portray, whitewash, write), reprezenta (body, depict, describe, give, imagine, make, present, produce, represent, reproduce, signify, sit for a borough, typify), tablou (aspect, canvas, drawing, engraving, figure, image, lookout, painting, panel, scene, schedule, slab, table, tableau), imagina (conceive, devise, fancy, frame, ideate, imagine, invent, think, visualize). (various references)

Russian 

картина (image, night-piece, painting, paintings, piece, scene, skyscape, tableu). (various references)

Scottish

dealbh (contrive, delineate, devise, figure, form, image, shape). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

predstaviti (image, introduce, pass off, present, typify), snimak (camerawork, photography, recording, shot, snapshot), slika (canvas, chart, effigy, image, painting, simulacrum), opisati (delineate, depict, depicture, describe, write up), fotografija (photo, photography, snapshot). (various references)

Spanish

imagen (ghost, image, imago, similitude, think, visualization), grabado (engraving, graven, image, impressed, inset, plate, recorded), retrato (diagram, effigy, figure, image, likeness, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, profile, representation), pintura (brushwork, dye, paint, painting, paintwork, wash), cuadro (bed, board, cadre, chart, delineation, diaphragm, frame, likeness, painting, parterre, patch, plot, square, table, tableau), reproducción (diagram, figure, image, playback, rendering, replica, representation, reproduction), ilustración (enlightenment, illustration). (various references)

Sranan

skedrey (painting). (various references)

Swedish

bild (depiction, effigy, figure, frame, image, photo, pic, reflection), tavla (board, canvas, painting, pic, table, tablet), målning (painting), porträtt (cameo, likeness, portrait). (various references)

Thai

ขาดการติดต่อ (fade from the picture, fade from the scene). (various references)

Turkish

yansıtmak (echo, externalize, mirror, project, re echo, reflect, return, reverberate), tasvir (depiction, description, pen-portrait, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, version), tablo (chart, painting, table, tableau), resmetmek (depict, draw, figure, limn, paint, picturize), resimli (illustrated, pictorial), resim (drawing, dues, effigy, figure, illustration, image, likeness, painting, photo, pictorial, tablature, tableau, tax), kafasında canlandırmak (envisage, imagine), görüntü (blip, display, image, outlook, semblance, sight, spectacle, view), film (cine-, cine film, film, flick, movie, moving picture, silver screen), betimlemek (delineate, depict, describe, represent), çizmek (construct, cross out, depict, describe, draw, groove, limn, line, mark up, plough, plow, rule, scar, score, scratch, set, trace, write off), çizim (construction, drawing, ichno-, illustration, technical drawing). (various references)

Turkmen 

surat (describe, photograph). (various references)

Ukrainian

фотографія (likeness, photo, photog, photogene, photogram, photograph, photography, smudge), фотографувати (photo, photograph), копія (carbon, copy, counterpart, duplicate, duplication, edition, image, imitation, manifold, pressing, replication, similitude, transcript, transcription), картина (canvas, depiction, painting), відтворення (creation, playback, reconstitution, reproduction, simulation), мати схожість (bear resemblance), зображувати (image, limn, portray, show, simulate), зображення (depiction, description, effigy, icon, ikon, image, impersonation, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, prefiguration, presentment, reflex, representation, resemblance, simulacrum, video), живописати. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự việc (event, host, job, juncture, thing), cảnh đẹp (beauty-spot, sight), bức tranh (painting), bức ảnh (photograph), điển hình vật đẹp. (various references)

Welsh

darlun (painting). (various references)

Zulu

ilifilimu (film, motion picture, movie), ifilimu (film, motion picture, movie). (various references)

nu. (various references)

figura, imago, pictura, picturae, picturam, picturas, tabula, tabulae, tabulam, tabulas, tabulis. (various references)

tableau. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "picture": pictured, picturephone, picturephones, pictures, picturesque, picturesquely, picturesqueness, picturesquenesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "picture": multipicture. (additional references)

Words containing "picture": unpicturesque. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Picture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: panture, pector, Petcare, picter, pictere, picters, pictogen, pictore, pictorer, pictur, Pictura, Pictural, pic-ture, picturu, pitre, Pitru, pittore, Pittori, piture, pucture, ticture. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cuprite.

-1 letter: curite, precut, uretic.

-2 letters: citer, crept, cripe, cruet, curet, curie, cuter, cutie, eruct, erupt, price, recti, recut, trice, tripe, truce, ureic, uteri.

-3 letters: cire, cite, cure, curt, cute, ecru, epic, etic, etui, peri, pert, pice, pier, puce, pure, puri, rice, ripe, rite, tier, tire, trip, true, uric.

-4 letters: cep, cue, cup, cur, cut, ecu.

+1 letter: cuprites, outprice, pictured, pictures, piecrust.

+2 letters: croupiest, eurytopic, eutrophic, outpriced, outprices, picturize, piecrusts, pleuritic, scripture, spruciest, supercity.

+3 letters: apiculture, corruptive, crumpliest, pasticheur, pedicurist, picturized, picturizes, pitcherful, precaution, precutting, productive, puckeriest, putrescine, scriptures, superbitch, superthick, supertonic, unscripted.

+4 letters: apicultures, aponeurotic, circumspect, computerise, computerist, computerize, computernik, corruptible, decrepitude, hyperacuity, incorrupted, intercampus, intercouple, lectureship, luteotropic, mucoprotein, neuroleptic, neuropathic, neurotropic, outcapering, particulate, pasticheurs, peculiarity, pedicurists, perithecium, persecuting, persecution, persecutive, perspicuity, picturesque, pitcherfuls, pitchersful, precautions, precipitous, prosecuting, prosecution, pulchritude, putrescible, putrescines, recapturing, recomputing, reduplicate, resculpting, specularity, spherulitic, supercities, superinfect, superscript, supertonics, supremacist, therapeutic, unreceptive.