exodus

See also: Exodus

English

Etymology

From Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “expedition, procession, departure”). From late Old English only as a proper noun, Exodus, the biblical book; use as a common noun is from the early 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksədəs/

Noun

exodus (plural exoduses)

1. A sudden departure of a large number of people.

   There was an exodus when the show ended.

   In the movie The Sinking of Japan, virtually all Japanese desperately try to find any form of transportation out of Japan in a massive exodus to flee the sinking country.

Translations

sudden departure

• Bulgarian: изселване n (izselvane)
• Catalan: èxode m
• Dutch: exodus (nl) m, uittocht (nl) m
• Esperanto: eliro
• Finnish: eksodus (fi), joukkopako
• French: exode (fr) m
• Galician: éxodo m
• German: Exodus (de) m
• Greek: έξοδος (el) f (éxodos)
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• Italian: esodo (it) m
• Japanese: 退去 (たいきょ, taikyo)
• Occitan: exòde m
• Portuguese: êxodo (pt) m
• Romanian: exod (ro) n
• Russian: исхо́д (ru) m (isxód)
• Serbo-Croatian: egzódus (sh) m
• Slovene: éksodus m
• Spanish: éxodo (es) m

Verb

exodus (third-person singular simple present exoduses, present participle exodusing, simple past and past participle exodused)

1. To depart from a place in a large group.

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “exodus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• udoxes

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Pronunciation

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Noun

exodus m (plural exodussen, diminutive exodusje n)

1. exodus

Synonyms

• uittocht