exposé
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French exposé.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
exposé (plural exposés)
- The act of exposing somebody or something; a shameful showing up.
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 65:
- "What shall be said to my sister? We cannot steal from her without saying something, as she would conclude we were murdered, apply to the ambassador, and bring on the very exposé we desire to avoid."
- A publication of investigative journalism that reveals hidden and often scandalous truths.
- A formal recital or exposition.
Translations edit
publication of investigative journalism
French edit
Etymology edit
Past participle of verb exposer (to expose).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɛk.spo.ze/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophones: exposée, exposées, exposer, exposés, exposez
Adjective edit
exposé (feminine exposée, masculine plural exposés, feminine plural exposées)
Noun edit
exposé m (plural exposés)
Further reading edit
- “exposé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French exposé.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
exposé n (indeclinable)
- exposé (formal speech given by a prime minister)
Further reading edit
- exposé in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
exposé c
Declension edit
Declension of exposé | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | exposé | exposén | exposéer | exposéerna |
Genitive | exposés | exposéns | exposéers | exposéernas |
References edit
- exposé in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- exposé in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- exposé in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- exposé in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)