exhibition

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French exhibicion.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

exhibition (countable and uncountable, plural exhibitions)

1. An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
2. A large-scale public showing of objects or products.

   There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.

   a boat exhibition

3. (UK) A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 352:

     He was a scholarship boy who had won an Exhibition to Oxford, and then, like so many others, had found himself thrown upon the slave market of pedagogy.

   • 2016, Jonathan Meades, ‘Inside Job’, Literary Review, November:

     Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge.

4. (sports) A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

Derived terms

• exhibitionism
• exhibitionist
• make an exhibition of oneself

Related terms

• exposition

Translations

instance of exhibiting

• Armenian: ցուցահանդես (hy) (cʻucʻahandes)
• Bashkir: күрһәтеү (kürhətew)
• Bulgarian: показване (bg) n (pokazvane)
• Czech: výstava (cs) f
• Danish: udstilling c
• Finnish: näyttely (fi), näytös (fi)
• Galician: exhibición (gl) f
• Georgian: ჩვენება (čveneba), გამომჟღავნება (gamomžɣavneba), გამოჩენა (gamočena), დანახვება (danaxveba), გამოვლენა (gamovlena)
• German: Austellung f
• Greek: παρουσίαση (el) f (parousíasi), επίδειξη (el) f (epídeixi)

  Ancient: ἐπίδειξις f (epídeixis)

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• Hungarian: kiállítás (hu)
• Irish: taispeántas m
• Korean: 전시 (ko) (jeonsi)
• Maori: whakakitenga
• Portuguese: exibição (pt) f
• Russian: пока́з (ru) m (pokáz)
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
• Spanish: exhibición (es) f
• Swedish: utställning (sv) c, visning (sv) c
• Tagalog: tanghalan

large scale public showing of objects or products

• Albanian: ekspozitë (sq) f
• Arabic: مَعْرَض m (maʕraḍ)
• Armenian: ցուցահանդես (hy) (cʻucʻahandes)
• Azerbaijani: sərgi (az)
• Bashkir: күргәҙмә (kürgəźmə)
• Belarusian: вы́стаўка (be) f (výstaŭka), выста́ва f (vystáva), экспазі́цыя f (ekspazícyja)
• Bengali: প্রদর্শনী (prodorśoni)
• Bulgarian: изло́жба (bg) f (izlóžba)
• Burmese: ပြပွဲ (my) (pra.pwai:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 展覽會／展览会 (zh) (zhǎnlǎnhuì), 展览会 (zh) (zhǎnlǎnhuì), 展示會／展示会 (zh) (zhǎnshìhuì), 展示会 (zh) (zhǎnshìhuì)

• Crimean Tatar: sergi
• Czech: výstava (cs) f
• Danish: udstilling c
• Dutch: tentoonstelling (nl) f
• Estonian: näitus
• Finnish: näyttely (fi)
• French: exposition (fr) f
• Galician: exposición (gl) f
• Georgian: გამოფენა (gamopena), ჩვენება (čveneba)
• German: Ausstellung (de) f
• Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi)

  Ancient: ἐπίδειξις f (epídeixis)

• Hebrew: תַּעֲרוּכָה f (ta'arukhá)
• Hindi: प्रदर्शनी (hi) f (pradarśanī), नुमाइश (hi) m (numāiś)
• Hungarian: kiállítás (hu)
• Icelandic: sýning (is) f
• Indonesian: pameran (id)
• Irish: taispeántas m
• Italian: mostra (it) f, esposizione (it) f
• Japanese: 展覧会 (ja) (てんらんかい, tenrankai), 展示会 (てんじかい, tenjikai)
• Kazakh: көрме (kk) (körme)
• Khmer: ពិព័រណ៍ (km) (pi’poa)
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• Korean: 전람회 (ko) (jeollamhoe), 전시회 (ko) (jeonsihoe)
• Kyrgyz: көргөзмө (ky) (körgözmö)
• Lao: ນິທັດສະນາການ (ni that sa nā kān)
• Latvian: izstāde f
• Lithuanian: paroda f
• Macedonian: изложба f (izložba)
• Malay: pameran
• Mongolian: үзэсгэлэн (mn) (üzesgelen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utstilling (no) m or f

• Persian: نمایشگاه (fa) (namâyešgâh)
• Polish: wystawa (pl) f
• Portuguese: exibição (pt) f, mostra (pt) f
• Romanian: expoziție (ro) f
• Russian: вы́ставка (ru) f (výstavka), экспози́ция (ru) f (ekspozícija)
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: изложба f

  Roman: izložba f

• Slovak: výstava f
• Slovene: razstava (sl) f
• Spanish: exposición (es) f
• Swedish: utställning (sv) c, visning (sv) c
• Tagalog: eksibisyon
• Tajik: намоишгоҳ (tg) (namoyišgoh)
• Tatar: күргәзмә (tt) (kürgäzmä)
• Thai: นิทรรศการ (ní-tát-sà-gaan)
• Turkish: sergi (tr)
• Turkmen: sergi
• Ukrainian: ви́ставка (uk) f (výstavka), експози́ція f (ekspozýcija)
• Urdu: نمائش (ur) m (numāiś)
• Uyghur: كۆرگەزمە (körgezme)
• Uzbek: koʻrgazma (uz)
• Vietnamese: triển lãm (vi)
• Yiddish: ויסשטעלונג f (oysshtelung)

financial award to a student

• Bulgarian: стипе́ндия f (stipéndija)
• Finnish: stipendi (fi)
• Galician: bolsa de estudos f
• Greek: υποτροφία (el) f (ypotrofía)
• Korean: 장학금 (ko) (janghakgeum)
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• Maori: whakakitenga
• Portuguese: bolsa de estudos f
• Russian: стипе́ндия (ru) f (stipéndija)
• Spanish: beca (es) f

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhibitiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zi.bi.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

exhibition f (plural exhibitions)

1. (sports) exhibition, friendly
2. (document) presentation, production
3. showing off, outrageous behaviour

Derived terms

• match d’exhibition
• exhibitionnisme
• exhibitionniste

Further reading

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