reportage

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UK, French, imitating/ˌɹɛpɔːˈtɑːʒ/UK/ɹɪˈpɔːtɪd͡ʒ/US/ɹɪˈpɔːɹtɪd͡ʒ/

noun

The reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounreportage (countable and uncountable, plural reportages)

plural reportages

  1. countableuncountableThe reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness.
  2. countableuncountableNews or information that has been reported; media coverage of a topic or event.
  3. countableuncountableInformation supplied in a report.

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Synonyms & antonyms

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

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishreporter
  2. Frenchreporter
  3. Frenchreportage
  4. Englishreportage

Borrowed from French reportage.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Estonian reportaaž
  • reportaažreporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
Finnish uutisointi, reportaasi
  • uutisointireporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • reportaasireporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • uutisointinews or information that has been reported; media coverage
French reportage, reportage
  • reportagereporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • reportagenews or information that has been reported; media coverage
German Berichterstattung, Berichterstattung
  • Berichterstattungreporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • Berichterstattungnews or information that has been reported; media coverage
Persian رپورتاژ
  • رپورتاژ (reportâž)reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
Polish reportaż
  • reportażreporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
Portuguese reportagem, noticiário
  • reportagemreporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
  • noticiárionews or information that has been reported; media coverage
Spanish reportaje
  • reportajereporting of news, especially by an eyewitness

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Cite this entry
APA

reportage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reportage

MLA

“reportage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reportage. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reportage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reportage.

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