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reportage

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, French, imitating: /ˌɹɛpɔːˈtɑːʒ/
  • UK: /ɹɪˈpɔːtɪd͡ʒ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɹɪˈpɔːɹtɪd͡ʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 P AO1 R T IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

News or information that has been reported; media coverage of a topic or event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Information supplied in a report.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coverage, reporting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: news

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English reporterbor. French reporter Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French reportagebor. English reportage Borrowed from French reportage.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Estonian: reportaaž — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • Finnish: uutisointi — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • Finnish: reportaasi — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • French: reportage — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • German: Berichterstattung — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • Persian: رپورتاژ (reportâž) — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • Polish: reportaż — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • Portuguese: reportagem — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • Spanish: reportaje — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • Walloon: rapoirtaedje — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • Walloon: ripôrtaedje — reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • Finnish: uutisointi — news or information that has been reported; media coverage
  • French: reportage — news or information that has been reported; media coverage
  • German: Berichterstattung — news or information that has been reported; media coverage
  • Portuguese: noticiário — news or information that has been reported; media coverage