How to spell picture

Picture is spelled P-I-C-T-U-R-E.

hear itpic·ture/'pɪkʧər/nounLong vowels

What it means: A visual representation of something.

In a sentence: Let's draw a picture of a big, happy sun today!

Same family: pictures, pictured, picturing, pictorial, depict. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Picture comes from Latin 'pictura', from 'pingere', meaning 'to paint'. It is closely related to the word 'depict', which also comes from the same root and means 'to show in a picture or describe in words'.

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