rapport

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹæˈpɔɹ/, /ɹæˈpoʊɹ/, /ɹæˈpoɹ/, /ɹəˈpoɹ/, /ɹəˈpoʊɹ/, /ɹəˈpɔɹ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Noun

rapport (countable and uncountable, plural rapports)

  1. A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.
    He always tried to maintain a rapport with his customers.
    • 1910, Charles Webster Leadbeater, chapter VII, in The Inner Life, volume I:
      Such a man would almost certainly be pouring out a constant stream of loving thought towards humanity, and this thought would be a real and potent shower of blessing, tending generally towards the spiritual helping of those upon whom it fell; and there is no doubt that the man who was earnestly thinking of or praying to that saint would come into rapport with him, and would therefore draw down upon himself a great deal of that force, though entirely without the knowledge of the saint from whom it came.
    • 1925 July – 1926 May, A Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      "You can't have less than nothing. They ignore them altogether. Some time ago I had a series of cases of telepathic rapport which I wished to lay before the Royal Society."
    • 2023 September 18, HarryBlank, “Hidden Depths”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
      She'd expected to sleep fitfully. Her bunk was in an alcove separated from the others physically by a server partition and sonically by an extra-loud electronic hum, which didn't surprise her since she'd only started attempting a chummier rapport with her troops in the year which hadn't happened.
  2. Relation; proportion; conformity.
    Synonyms: accord, correspondence
    • 1690, William Temple, Miscellanea. The Second Part. , London: T. M. for Ri and Ra Simpson, , →OCLC, page 60:
      'Tis obvious enough, what rapport there is, and muſt ever be, between the Thoughts and Words, the Conceptions and Languages of every Country, [...]

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport c (singular definite rapporten, plural indefinite rapporter)

  1. a report (information describing events)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rapport, from Middle French rapport.

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Noun

rapport n (plural rapporten, diminutive rapportje n)

  1. a report
  2. (education) a report card

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: rapport
  • Caribbean Javanese: lapor, laporan, repot
  • Indonesian: lapor, rapor
  • Papiamentu: rapòrt

French

Etymology

Deverbal from rapporter.

Pronunciation

Noun

rapport m (plural rapports)

  1. ratio
  2. report
    rapport de stageinternship report, training period report
  3. relationship
  4. ellipsis of rapport sexuel (sexual intercourse).

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Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rapporto.

Pronunciation

Noun

rapport m (plural rapporti)

  1. report, statement, account

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport m (plural rapports)

  1. (Jersey) report

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport m (definite singular rapporten, indefinite plural rapporter, definite plural rapportene)

  1. a report (on events)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport m (definite singular rapporten, indefinite plural rapportar, definite plural rapportane)

  1. a report (on events)

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Pronunciation

Noun

rapport c

  1. a report (information describing events)
  2. (capitalized) Rapport (a news program)
    • 1979, Per Gessle, Mats Persson (lyrics and music), “Flickorna på TV2 [The girls on TV2]”‎performed by Gyllene Tider:
      Sätter på TV2, sönderstressad av stan. Rapport med sport och väder.
      turn on TV2 , broken by the stress of the city . Rapport with sports and weather.

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