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reporter

/ɹɪˈpɔːtə/rih-PAWR-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ɹɪˈpɔɹtɚ/rih-PAWR-tur

Meaningone who reports

Common meaning: a journalist

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Journey through time

  1. Latinportare‘to carry’source
  2. Latinreportare‘to carry back’source
  3. Frenchreporter‘to carry back’source
  4. Englishreport‘an account given’
  5. Englishformed in English from reportreporter‘a journalist’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from report + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REPORT, p.502 · scan

Roots

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