reporter

See also: Reporter, reportér, and repórter

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

reporter

Wikipedia

Alternative forms[edit]

reportor (obsolete)
reportour (obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɔɹtɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɔːtə/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpo(ː)ɹtɚ/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpoətə/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun[edit]

reporter (plural reporters)

Someone or something that reports.
The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer.
A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.
A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings.
(law) A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.
(biology) A gene attached by a researcher to a regulatory sequence of another gene of interest, typically used as an indication of whether a certain gene has been taken up by or expressed in the cell or organism population.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

→ Catalan: repòrter
→ Greek: ρεπόρτερ (repórter)

Translations[edit]

journalist

Albanian: reporter (sq) m
Arabic: مُرَاسِل‎ m (murāsil), مُرَاسِلَة‎ f (murāsila), صَحَافِيّ‎ m (ṣaḥāfiyy)
Armenian: թղթակից (hy) (tʿġtʿakicʿ), լրագրող (hy) (lragroġ)
Azerbaijani: reportyor, müxbir
Bashkir: хәбәрсе (xəbərsi)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: рэпарцёр m (reparcjór), рэпарцёрка f (reparcjórka), карэспандэ́нт m (karespandént), карэспандэ́нтка f (karespandéntka), журналі́ст m (žurnalíst), журналі́стка f (žurnalístka)
Bengali: রিপোর্টার (ripōrṭar)
Bulgarian: репорте́р m (reportér), репорте́рка f (reportérka)
Burmese: သတင်းထောက် (my) (sa.tang:htauk)
Catalan: reporter (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 記者／记者 (zh) (jìzhě)
Czech: (journalist) zpravodaj (cs) m, zpravodajka f, reportér (cs) m, reportérka f
Danish: journalist (da) c, reporter c
Dutch: verslaggever (nl) m, reporter (nl) m
Esperanto: ĵurnalisto
Estonian: reporter (et)
Finnish: toimittaja (fi), reportteri
French: reporter (fr) m or f, rapporteur (fr) m, rapporteuse (fr) f, journaliste (fr) m or f
Galician: reporteiro (gl) m, reporteira f
Georgian: რეპორტიორი (reṗorṭiori), კორესპონდენტი (ḳoresṗondenṭi)
German: Reporter (de) m, Reporterin (de) f
Greek: ρεπόρτερ (el) m or f (repórter), δημοσιογράφος (el) m or f (dimosiográfos)
Guaraní: momaranduhára
Hindi: रिपोर्टर (hi) m (riporṭar), संवाददाता (hi) m (samvāddātā)
Hungarian: riporter (hu), tudósító (hu)
Italian: giornalista (it) m, inviato (it) m, corrispondente (it) m
Japanese: 記者 (ja) (きしゃ, kisha), 報告者 (ほうこくしゃ, hōkokusha), リポーター (ripōtā), ジャーナリスト (ja) (jānarisuto)
Javanese: juru warta, juru pawarta
Kazakh: тілші (tılşı)
Khmer: អ្នកកាសែត (nĕək kaasaet), អ្នកសារពត៌មាន (nĕək saapɔədɑɑmiən)
Korean: 기자(記者) (ko) (gija), 보고자(報告者) (bogoja)
Kyrgyz: репортёр (reportyor)
Lao: ນັກຂ່າວ (lo) (nak khāo)
Latin: relātor m
Latvian: reportieris m
Lithuanian: reporteris m
Macedonian: репорте́р m (reportér), репорте́рка f (reportérka)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сурвалжлагч (mn) (survalžlagč)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: reporter m
Persian: گزارشگر‎ (fa) (gozârešgar), رپورتر‎ (reporter)
Plautdietsch: Zeitungschriewa m
Polish: reporter (pl) m, reporterka (pl) f
Portuguese: repórter (pt), jornalista (pt)
Romanian: reporter (ro) m, reporteră (ro) f
Russian: репортёр (ru) m (reportjór) (male or female), репортёрша (ru) f (reportjórša) (colloquial female form), корреспонде́нт (ru) m (korrespondént), корреспонде́нтка (ru) f (korrespondéntka), журнали́ст (ru) m (žurnalíst), журнали́стка (ru) f (žurnalístka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: репо̀рте̄р m, репо̀рте̄рка f

Roman: repòrtēr (sh) m, repòrtērka (sh) f
Slovak: reportér m, reportérka f, spravodajca m
Slovene: poročevalec m, poročevalka f
Spanish: reportero (es) m, reportera f
Swahili: mwanahabari
Swazi: umbiki
Swedish: reporter (sv) c
Tagalog: tagapag-ulat
Tajik: репортёр (reportyor), мухбир (muxbir), хабарнигор (tg) (xabarnigor), хабарнавис (xabarnavis)
Tatar: хәбәрче (tt) (xäbärçe)
Thai: นักข่าว (th) (nák-kàao)
Turkish: muhabir (tr), bildirmen (tr)
Turkmen: habarçy
Ukrainian: репорте́р m (reportér), репорте́рка f (reportérka), кореспонде́нт (uk) m (korespondént), кореспонде́нтка (uk) f (korespondéntka), журналі́ст (uk) m (žurnalíst), журналі́стка f (žurnalístka)
Urdu: صحافی‎ (ur) (sahāfī)
Uzbek: reportyor (uz), muxbir (uz)
Vietnamese: phóng viên (vi), nhà báo (vi), ký giả (vi)
Yiddish: רעפּאָרטער‎ m (reporter), רעפּאָרטערין‎ f (reporterin)

Anagrams[edit]

repertor, rereport

Catalan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

repòrter

Etymology[edit]

From reportar +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /rə.poɾˈte/
(Central) IPA^(key): /rə.purˈte/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.poɾˈteɾ/

Noun[edit]

reporter m (plural reporters, feminine reportera)

reporter (a journalist who investigates and reports)

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English reporter.

Pronunciation[edit]

Hyphenation: re‧por‧ter

Noun[edit]

reporter

someone or something that reports
a journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

reporter c (singular definite reporteren, plural indefinite reportere)

(journalism) a reporter, a journalist

Inflection[edit]

Declension of reporter

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reporter	reporteren	reportere	reporterne
genitive	reporters	reporterens	reporteres	reporternes

Verb[edit]

reporter

imperativ of reportere

Related terms[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From re- +‎ porter.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʁə.pɔʁ.te/
audio (file)

Verb[edit]

reporter

(literally) to carry something back to where it was
(literally) to wear again
to transfer (an emotion)
reporter son amour sur quelqu’un ― to transfer one's love to somebody
to put back; to put off; to postpone
Après avoir été reportées de nombreuses fois, les épreuves ont finalement eu lieu.
After having been postponed numerous times, the exams finally took place.
- 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 113:
  Graham avait reporté la fête, suggérant d’attendre la fin de l’enquête sur le violeur pour s’amuser.
  Graham had put back the party, suggesting to wait until the investigation about the rapist was over to have fun.
(usually impersonal) to carry or take back in time
Il faut se reporter au mois dernier pour comprendre.
We have to go back in time a month to understand.
(takes a reflexive pronoun) to refer; to check
Pour mieux saisir le problème, on se reportera au chapitre 4.
To better understand the issue, the reader is referred to chapter 4.
(mathematics and finance) to carry over or forward
Cet idiot avait oublié de reporter un 3!
That idiot forgot to carry over a 3!

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of reporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	reporter
present participle or gerund¹	simple	reportant /ʁə.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		reporté /ʁə.pɔʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	reporte /ʁə.pɔʁt/	reportes /ʁə.pɔʁt/	reporte /ʁə.pɔʁt/	reportons /ʁə.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/	reportez /ʁə.pɔʁ.te/	reportent /ʁə.pɔʁt/
	imperfect	reportais /ʁə.pɔʁ.tɛ/	reportais /ʁə.pɔʁ.tɛ/	reportait /ʁə.pɔʁ.tɛ/	reportions /ʁə.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	reportiez /ʁə.pɔʁ.tje/	reportaient /ʁə.pɔʁ.tɛ/
	past historic²	reportai /ʁə.pɔʁ.te/	reportas /ʁə.pɔʁ.ta/	reporta /ʁə.pɔʁ.ta/	reportâmes /ʁə.pɔʁ.tam/	reportâtes /ʁə.pɔʁ.tat/	reportèrent /ʁə.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	reporterai /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	reporteras /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	reportera /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	reporterons /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	reporterez /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	reporteront /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	reporterais /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	reporterais /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	reporterait /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	reporterions /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	reporteriez /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/	reporteraient /ʁə.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	reporte /ʁə.pɔʁt/	reportes /ʁə.pɔʁt/	reporte /ʁə.pɔʁt/	reportions /ʁə.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	reportiez /ʁə.pɔʁ.tje/	reportent /ʁə.pɔʁt/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	reportasse /ʁə.pɔʁ.tas/	reportasses /ʁə.pɔʁ.tas/	reportât /ʁə.pɔʁ.ta/	reportassions /ʁə.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	reportassiez /ʁə.pɔʁ.ta.sje/	reportassent /ʁə.pɔʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	reporte /ʁə.pɔʁt/	—	reportons /ʁə.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/	reportez /ʁə.pɔʁ.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English reporter.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʁə.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/

Noun[edit]

reporter m or f by sense (plural reporters)

a news reporter; a journalist

Usage notes[edit]

The word is much less frequent in Quebec, where it is seen as an anglicism, words like journaliste, correspondant or envoyé are preferred.

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English reporter.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /reˈpɔr.ter/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɔrter
Hyphenation: re‧pòr‧ter

Noun[edit]

reporter m or f by sense (invariable)

reporter (journalist)

References[edit]

^ reporter in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

reporter

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of reportō

Maltese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /rɛˈpɔr.tɛr/

Noun[edit]

reporter m (plural reporters)

Alternative form of riporter: reporter

Related terms[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

reporter

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English reporter.

Noun[edit]

reporter m (definite singular reporteren, indefinite plural reportere, definite plural reporterne)

(journalism) a reporter

Derived terms[edit]

krigsreporter

Related terms[edit]

reportasje

References[edit]

“reporter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English reporter.

Noun[edit]

reporter m (definite singular reporteren, indefinite plural reporterar, definite plural reporterane)

(journalism) a reporter

Derived terms[edit]

krigsreporter

Related terms[edit]

reportasje

References[edit]

“reporter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ porter^[1].

Verb[edit]

reporter

to bring back
to gain; to get (take possession of)
Judas reportat le argent dount Deux estoyt vendu
Judas got the money of which two were sold

Conjugation[edit]

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of reporter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		reporter			avoir reporté
gerund		en reportant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		reportant
past participle		reporté
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	report	reportes	reporte	reportons	reportez	reportent
	imperfect	reportoie, reporteie, reportoe, reporteve	reportoies, reporteies, reportoes, reporteves	reportoit, reporteit, reportot, reporteve	reportiiens, reportiens	reportiiez, reportiez	reportoient, reporteient, reportoent, reportevent
	preterite	reportai	reportas	reporta	reportames	reportastes	reporterent
	future	reporterai	reporteras	reportera	reporterons	reporteroiz, reportereiz, reporterez	reporteront
	conditional	reporteroie, reportereie	reporteroies, reportereies	reporteroit, reportereit	reporteriiens, reporteriens	reporteriiez, reporteriez	reporteroient, reportereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	report	reporz	report	reportons	reportez	reportent
simple tenses	imperfect	reportasse	reportasses	reportast	reportissons, reportissiens	reportissoiz, reportissez, reportissiez	reportassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	reporte	—	reportons	reportez	—

References[edit]

^ Etymology and history of “reporter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

reporter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English reporter.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /rɛˈpɔr.tɛr/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrtɛr
Syllabification: re‧por‧ter

Noun[edit]

reporter m pers (feminine reporterka)

reporter

Declension[edit]

Declension of reporter

	singular	plural
nominative	reporter	reporterzy/reportery (deprecative)
genitive	reportera	reporterów
dative	reporterowi	reporterom
accusative	reportera	reporterów
instrumental	reporterem	reporterami
locative	reporterze	reporterach
vocative	reporterze	reporterzy

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French reporter.

Noun[edit]

reporter m (plural reporteri)

reporter, journalist

Declension[edit]

Declension of reporter

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) reporter	reporterul	(niște) reporteri	reporterii
genitive/dative	(unui) reporter	reporterului	(unor) reporteri	reporterilor
vocative	reporterule		reporterilor

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English reporter.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /repǒrteːr/
Hyphenation: re‧por‧ter

Noun[edit]

repòrtēr m (Cyrillic spelling репо̀рте̄р)

reporter (journalist who investigates)

Declension[edit]

Declension of reporter

	singular	plural
nominative	repòrtēr	reporteri
genitive	reportéra	reportera
dative	reporteru	reporterima
accusative	reportera	reportere
vocative	reporteru	reporteri
locative	reporteru	reporterima
instrumental	reporterom	reporterima

[1] reporter in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[2] Etymology and history of “reporter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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reporter

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