exposer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English expose

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English exposer

From expose + -er.

Noun

exposer (plural exposers)

1. One who exposes.

Translations

one who exposes

• Dutch: tentoonsteller m
• Finnish: paljastaja (fi)

See also

• exposé

Anagrams

• peroxes

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French exposer, borrowed from Latin expōnere, contaminated by and conjugated like French poser. Cf. Old French espondre, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spo.ze/

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Homophones: exposai, exposé, exposée, exposées, exposés

Verb

exposer

1. to expose
2. to exhibit
3. to explain, make known

Conjugation

Conjugation of exposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	exposer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	exposant /ɛk.spo.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		exposé /ɛk.spo.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	expose /ɛk.spoz/	exposes /ɛk.spoz/	expose /ɛk.spoz/	exposons /ɛk.spo.zɔ̃/	exposez /ɛk.spo.ze/	exposent /ɛk.spoz/
	imperfect	exposais /ɛk.spo.zɛ/	exposais /ɛk.spo.zɛ/	exposait /ɛk.spo.zɛ/	exposions /ɛk.spo.zjɔ̃/	exposiez /ɛk.spo.zje/	exposaient /ɛk.spo.zɛ/
	past historic2	exposai /ɛk.spo.ze/	exposas /ɛk.spo.za/	exposa /ɛk.spo.za/	exposâmes /ɛk.spo.zam/	exposâtes /ɛk.spo.zat/	exposèrent /ɛk.spo.zɛʁ/
	future	exposerai /ɛk.spoz.ʁe/	exposeras /ɛk.spoz.ʁa/	exposera /ɛk.spoz.ʁa/	exposerons /ɛk.spoz.ʁɔ̃/	exposerez /ɛk.spoz.ʁe/	exposeront /ɛk.spoz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	exposerais /ɛk.spoz.ʁɛ/	exposerais /ɛk.spoz.ʁɛ/	exposerait /ɛk.spoz.ʁɛ/	exposerions /ɛk.spo.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	exposeriez /ɛk.spo.zə.ʁje/	exposeraient /ɛk.spoz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	expose /ɛk.spoz/	exposes /ɛk.spoz/	expose /ɛk.spoz/	exposions /ɛk.spo.zjɔ̃/	exposiez /ɛk.spo.zje/	exposent /ɛk.spoz/
	imperfect2	exposasse /ɛk.spo.zas/	exposasses /ɛk.spo.zas/	exposât /ɛk.spo.za/	exposassions /ɛk.spo.za.sjɔ̃/	exposassiez /ɛk.spo.za.sje/	exposassent /ɛk.spo.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	expose /ɛk.spoz/	—	exposons /ɛk.spo.zɔ̃/	exposez /ɛk.spo.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• exposant
• exposition
• sous-exposer
• surexposer

Further reading

• “exposer”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “exposer”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• “exposer” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “exposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Paronyms

• exploser

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expōnō, expōnere, contaminated by and conjugated like poser. Cf. Old French espondre, which was inherited.

Verb

exposer

1. to reveal

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of exposer

infinitive	simple	exposer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	exposant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		exposé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	expose	exposes	expose	exposons	exposez	exposent
	imperfect	exposois, exposoys	exposois, exposoys	exposoit, exposoyt	exposions, exposyons	exposiez, exposyez	exposoient, exposoyent
	past historic	exposa	exposas	exposa	exposasmes	exposastes	exposerent
	future	exposerai, exposeray	exposeras	exposera	exposerons	exposerez	exposeront
	conditional	exposerois, exposeroys	exposerois, exposeroys	exposeroit, exposeroyt	exposerions, exposeryons	exposeriez, exposeryez	exposeroient, exposeroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	expose	exposes	expose	exposons	exposez	exposent
	imperfect	exposasse	exposasses	exposast	exposassions	exposassiez	exposassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	expose	—	exposons	exposez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• English: expose
• French: exposer