Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reportorial

/ɹˌɛpɚtˈɔɹiəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: re-por-to-ri-al
IPA: /ɹˌɛpɚtˈɔɹiəl/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a reporter.

American usage

Example Sentences

"So there I was, in the front row of course (it was my reportorial duty), with a bunch of gay men and straight women."
"A master of simple, solid, apoetical, reportorial English."
"Among the customers, a columnist for the local newspaper was having lunch and a beer or two, though he could not restrain his reportorial instincts."
"These are very different kinds of books — Cade Metz’s is mainly reportorial, about how we got here; Kevin Roose’s is a casual-toned but carefully constructed set of guidelines about where individuals and societies should go next."

Etymology

From report(er) + -orial.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

more reportorial (comparative) most reportorial (superlative)

Derived Forms

reportorially

Rhymes With

memorial editorial territorial tutorial pictorial equatorial senatorial dictatorial directorial prosecutorial immemorial conspiratorial

Questions

How do you pronounce reportorial?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˌɛpɚtˈɔɹiəl/.
What does reportorial mean?: Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a reporter.
Where does reportorial come from?: From report(er) + -orial.

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