rapportage
UK/ɹəˈpɔːtɪd͡ʒ/US/ɹəˈpɔɹtɪd͡ʒ/
rapportage noun: the reporting of social news, especially by an eyewitness.
Noun
rapportage (uncountable)
- The reporting of social news, especially by an eyewitness.
- And if she was absurd, so was the house and its cast. Essie watched it, mainly through the rapportage of Mrs. Harradson, namely the house.2010, Wyndham Lewis, Self Condemned, →ISBN
- Information of a social nature that has been reported.
- There was, of course, an element of what they now call rapportage in Papa's work. He picked up material from the country folk round about in rather odd ways, and as a result he seems to have gained something of a preternatural character in their regard.2001, Michael Innes, Appleby's End, →ISBN
Origin of rapportage
From French rapportage, from rapport + -age.
Questions about rapportage
- What does rapportage mean?
- Rapportage means the reporting of social news, especially by an eyewitness.
- What part of speech is rapportage?
- Rapportage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rapportage?
- Rapportage is pronounced /ɹəˈpɔːtɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
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