exposé

See also: expose and Exposé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French exposé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛkspoʊˈzeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

exposé (plural exposés)

1. 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."

2. A publication of investigative journalism that reveals hidden and often scandalous truths.
3. A formal recital or exposition.

Translations

publication of investigative journalism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 揭露 (zh) (jiēlù)

• Dutch: exposé (nl) n
• Finnish: paljastus (fi)
• French: révélations (fr) f pl
• German: Exposé (de)
• Greek: έκθεση (el) (ékthesi)
• Japanese: 暴露 (ja) (ばくろ, bakuro)
• Korean: 폭로(暴露) (ko) (pongno)
• Russian: разоблаче́ние (ru) n (razoblačénije)
• Spanish: exposición (es)

French

Etymology

Past participle of verb exposer (to expose).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spo.ze/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophones: exposée, exposées, exposer, exposés, exposez

Adjective

exposé (feminine exposée, masculine plural exposés, feminine plural exposées)

1. exposed

Noun

exposé m (plural exposés)

1. presentation

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French exposé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkspɔˈzɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔzɛ
• Syllabification: ex‧po‧sé

Noun

exposé n (indeclinable)

1. exposé (formal speech given by a prime minister)

Further reading

• exposé in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French exposé.

Noun

exposé c

1. a presentation

Declension

Declension of exposé
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	exposé	exposén	exposéer	exposéerna
Genitive	exposés	exposéns	exposéers	exposéernas

References

• 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)