exposé

See also: expose and Exposé

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French exposé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛkspoʊˈzeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

exposé

Wikipedia

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."

   • 2024 March 20, Christian Wolmar, “NAO report highlights lack of clarity and purpose”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 34:

     Just as with other recent reports by various bodies on HS2 and the ticket office closures, the National Audit Office's effort on the rail reform process is a devastating exposé of the failings and floundering of a dying administration that has failed to understand the value of having an efficient rail network.

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

Derived terms

• sexposé

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) Turkish: ifşa (tr)

French

Etymology

Past participle of verb exposer (to expose).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spo.ze/

• Audio (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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

exposé

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French exposé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛks.pɔˈzɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• 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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	exposé	exposés
	definite	exposén	exposéns
plural	indefinite	exposéer	exposéers
	definite	exposéerna	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)