rapporteur

rapporteur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapporteur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹæ.pɔːˈtɜː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹæ.pɔɹˈtɜɹ/

Noun

rapporteur (plural rapporteurs)

1. (law, politics) A person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and report back to that body.

Translations

a person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and report back to that body

Russian: докладчик (ru) m (dokladčik) Spanish: ponente m or f Swedish: rapportör (sv) c Ukrainian: доповідач m (dopovidač)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pɔʁ.tœʁ/

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Noun

rapporteur m (plural rapporteurs, feminine rapporteuse)

1. reporter (someone who reports)
2. telltale
3. rapporteur (same sense as in English)

Noun

rapporteur m (plural rapporteurs)

1. protractor (instrument)

Related terms

• rapport
• rapporter

Further reading

• “rapporteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.