exception

See also: Exception

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛpʃən/

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō.

NounEdit

exception (countable and uncountable, plural exceptions)

1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
2. That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included

   That rule is usually true, but there are a few exceptions.

3. (law) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
5. (computing) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be handled by another part of the program.

HyponymsEdit

• checked exception
• unchecked exception

AntonymsEdit

• (that which is excepted or taken out from others): commonness, generality

Derived termsEdit

• exception that proves the rule
• take exception
• there is an exception to every rule
• without exception

Related termsEdit

• except
• exceptional

TranslationsEdit

act of excepting or excluding; exclusion

• Arabic: اِسْتِثْنَاء‏‎ m (istiṯnāʾ)
• Bulgarian: изключение (bg) n (izključenie)
• Catalan: excepció f
• Czech: výjimka (cs) f
• Danish: undtagelse (da) c
• Dutch: uitzondering (nl) f
• Esperanto: esceptado
• Estonian: erand (et)
• Faroese: undantak n
• Finnish: poikkeus (fi)
• German: Ausnahme (de) f

• Greek: εξαίρεση (el) f (exaíresi)
• Irish: eisceacht f
• Italian: eccezione (it) f
• Japanese: 除外 (ja) (jogai)
• Maori: hāungatanga
• Portuguese: exceção (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: fàgail a-mach f
• Serbo-Croatian: iznimka (sh) f, izuzetak (sh) m, izuzeće (sh) n
• Slovak: výnimka f
• Spanish: excepción (es) f
• Swedish: undantag (sv) n

that which is excepted or taken out from others

• Arabic: اِسْتِثْنَاء‏‎ m (istiṯnāʾ)
• Bulgarian: изключение (bg) n (izključenie)
• Catalan: excepció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 例外 (zh) (lìwài)

• Dutch: uitzondering (nl) f
• Esperanto: escepto
• Estonian: erand (et)
• Finnish: poikkeus (fi)
• French: exception (fr) f
• German: Ausnahme (de) f
• Greek: εξαίρεση (el) f (exaíresi)
• Hebrew: יוצא דופן‏‎ (he) m, חריג‏‎ (he) m
• Hungarian: kivétel (hu)

• Irish: eisceacht f
• Italian: eccezione (it)
• Japanese: 例外 (ja) (reigai), 殊 (ja) (koto)
• Korean: 예외 (ko) (ye-oe)
• Maori: hāungatanga, rerenga
• Polish: wyjątek (pl) m
• Portuguese: exceção (pt) f
• Russian: исклю́чение (ru) n (iskljúčenije)
• Scottish Gaelic: fàgail a-mach f
• Spanish: excepción (es) f
• Swedish: undantag (sv) n
• Turkish: istisna (tr)
• Vietnamese: lệ ngoại (vi)

(law) an objection

• Bulgarian: отвод (bg) m (otvod)
• Catalan: excepció f

• Finnish: ehto (fi)
• Latin: exceptio

an objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense

• Bulgarian: възражение (bg) n (vǎzraženie)

• Finnish: kritiikki (fi), vastustus (fi)

computing: an interruption in normal processing

• Bulgarian: грешка (bg) n (greška)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 异常 (zh) (yìcháng)

• Czech: výjimka (cs) f
• Finnish: virhe (fi), poikkeus (fi)
• German: Ausnahme (de) f, Ausnahmebedingung f, Exception f

• Greek: εξαίρεση (el) f (exaíresi)
• Irish: eisceacht f
• Japanese: 例外 (ja) (rēgai)
• Polish: wyjątek (pl) m
• Portuguese: exceção (pt) f, exception f
• Turkish: olağandışı durum

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} exception (fr) f

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} eccezione (it) f

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin exceptiō.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛksɛpsjɔ̃/

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NounEdit

exception f (plural exceptions)

1. exception

Derived termsEdit

• à l'exception de

Further readingEdit

• “exception” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

exception f (plural exceptions)

1. (computing) exception (an interruption in normal processing)

SynonymsEdit

• exceção