exposition

See also: Exposition

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkspəˈzɪʃən/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositio, from exponere (“to put forth”).

Noun

exposition (countable and uncountable, plural expositions)

1. The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
2. The act of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing.
3. (obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
4. (writing) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
5. (writing) An opening section in fiction, including novel, play, and movie, by which background information about the characters, events, or setting is conveyed.
6. (music) The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form

Etymology 2

From French exposition (“exhibition”)

Noun

exposition (countable and uncountable, plural expositions)

1. The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.

Derived terms

• expositional
• expositionary

Related terms

• exhibition

Translations

action of exposing

• Bulgarian: излагане (bg) n (izlagane), експозиция f (ekspozicija)
• Finnish: esittely (fi), altistaminen (fi)

• Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi)

action of putting something out to public view

• Arabic: مَعْرِض‏‎ m (maʿriḍ)
• Bulgarian: излагане (bg) n (izlagane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博覽會 (zh), 博览会 (zh) (bólǎnhuì)

• Czech: výstava (cs) f
• Dutch: tentoonstelling (nl) f
• Esperanto: ekspozicio
• Estonian: ekspositsioon
• Finnish: esittely (fi)
• French: exposition (fr) f
• Galician: exposición (gl) f
• German: Ausstellung (de) f, Exposition (de) f
• Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi), επίδειξη (el) f (epídeixi)
• Hindi: एक्स्पज़िशन (ekspaziśan)
• Hungarian: kiállítás (hu)
• Ido: expozo (io)
• Italian: esposizione (it) f, mostra (it) f

• Japanese: 博覧会 (はくらんかい, hakuran-kai)
• Korean: 박람회 (ko) (bangnamhoe) (博覽會 (ko))
• Macedonian: изложба f (ízložba)
• Norwegian: utstilling

  Nynorsk: utstilling

• Polish: wystawa (pl) f
• Portuguese: exposição (pt) f
• Romanian: expoziție (ro) f, expunere (ro) f
• Russian: вы́ставка (ru) f (výstavka), экспози́ция (ru) f (ekspozícija)
• Serbo-Croatian: изложба f, izložba f
• Slovene: razstava (sl) f
• Spanish: exposición (es) f
• Swedish: utställning (sv) c
• Thai: งานแสดง (ngaan sà-daeng)
• Turkish: sergileme (tr), teşhir (tr)
• Vietnamese: sự phơi, sự phơi bày

action of declaring or describing

• Bulgarian: описание (bg) n (opisanie)
• Finnish: esittely (fi)
• Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi)

• Irish: ceartú m
• Turkish: beyan (tr), serim (tr), yorumlama (tr)

essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail

• Bulgarian: коментар (bg) m (komentar)
• Czech: výklad (cs) m
• Finnish: esitelmä
• Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi)

• Macedonian: излагање n (izláganje), изложување n (izložúvanje)
• Romanian: expunere (ro) f
• Turkish: yorum (tr)

fiction: opening section

• Finnish: esittely (fi)
• German: Einführung (de) f

• Turkish: giriş (tr)

music: opening section of a fugue

• Finnish: esittely (fi)

• Slovene: ekspozicija f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Slovak: expozícia f

See also

• explanation
• exegesis

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French

Etymology

From Old French esposicion, borrowed from Latin expositio, expositionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

exposition f (plural expositions)

1. exposition
2. exhibition
3. exposure

Further reading

• “exposition” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).