exhibition

exhibition

English

Etymology

From Old French exhibicion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

exhibition (countable and uncountable, plural exhibitions)

1. An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
2. A large-scale public showing of objects or products.

   There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.

   a boat exhibition

3. A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative, a shameful exhibition or a disgusting exhibition
4. A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 178:

     "I could not have believed," remarked Francesca, "had I not witnessed it since my residence in your country, how the reality and the affectation of feeling can exist together. Before I left our solitary home, the very exhibition of emotion would have tempted me to doubt its truth. Now, I observe that some affect, as others shun, display; yet the feeling is equally true in both."

5. (UK) A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 352:

     He was a scholarship boy who had won an Exhibition to Oxford, and then, like so many others, had found himself thrown upon the slave market of pedagogy.

   • 2016, Jonathan Meades, ‘Inside Job’, Literary Review, November:

     Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge.

6. (sports) A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

Derived terms

• exhibition game
• exhibition-goer
• exhibition hall
• exhibitionism
• exhibitionist
• exhibition match
• Exhibition Road
• make an exhibition of oneself

 

Related terms

• exposition

Translations

instance of exhibiting

Armenian: ցուցահանդես (hy) (cʿucʿahandes) Bashkir: күрһәтеү (kürhätew) Belarusian: пака́з m (pakáz) Bulgarian: пока́зване (bg) n (pokázvane) Czech: výstava (cs) f Danish: udstilling c Finnish: näyttely (fi), näytös (fi) Galician: exhibición (gl) f Georgian: ჩვენება (čveneba), გამომჟღავნება (gamomžɣavneba), გამოჩენა (gamočena), დანახვება (danaxveba), გამოვლენა (gamovlena) German: Ausstellung (de) f Greek: παρουσίαση (el) f (parousíasi), επίδειξη (el) f (epídeixi) Ancient: ἐπίδειξις f (epídeixis) Hungarian: kiállítás (hu) Irish: taispeántas m Japanese: 展示物 (てんじぶつ, tenjibutsu) Korean: 전시(展示) (ko) (jeonsi) Maori: whakakitenga Portuguese: exibição (pt) f, exposição (pt) f Romanian: exhibiție (ro) f Russian: пока́з (ru) m (pokáz) Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m Spanish: exhibición (es) f Swedish: utställning (sv) c, visning (sv) c Tagalog: tanghalan Ukrainian: по́каз m (pókaz)

large scale public showing of objects or products

Albanian: ekspozitë (sq) f Arabic: مَعْرِض‎ m (maʿriḍ) Armenian: ցուցահանդես (hy) (cʿucʿahandes) Azerbaijani: sərgi (az) Bashkir: күргәҙмә (kürgäðmä) Belarusian: вы́стаўка (be) f (výstaŭka), выста́ва f (vystáva), экспазі́цыя f (ekspazícyja) Bengali: প্রদর্শনী (prôdôrśônī) Bulgarian: изло́жба (bg) f (izlóžba) Burmese: ပြပွဲ (my) (pra.pwai:) Catalan: exposició (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 展覽會／展览会 (zh) (zhǎnlǎnhuì), 展示會／展示会 (zh) (zhǎnshìhuì) Crimean Tatar: sergi Czech: výstava (cs) f Danish: udstilling c Dutch: tentoonstelling (nl) f Estonian: näitus Finnish: näyttely (fi) French: exposition (fr) f Galician: exposición (gl) f Georgian: გამოფენა (gamopena), ჩვენება (čveneba) German: Ausstellung (de) f Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi) Ancient: ἐπίδειξις f (epídeixis) Hebrew: תַּעֲרוּכָה‎ f (ta'arukhá) Hindi: प्रदर्शनी (hi) f (pradarśanī), नुमाइश (hi) m (numāiś) Hungarian: kiállítás (hu) Icelandic: sýning (is) f Indonesian: pameran (id) Irish: taispeántas m Italian: mostra (it) f, esposizione (it) f Japanese: 展覧会 (ja) (てんらんかい, tenrankai), 展示会 (てんじかい, tenjikai) Kazakh: көрме (kk) (körme) Khmer: ពិព័រណ៍ (km) (pipɔə) Korean: 전람회(展覽會) (ko) (jeollamhoe), 전시회(展示會) (ko) (jeonsihoe) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: temaşegeh (ku) Kyrgyz: көргөзмө (ky) (körgözmö) Lao: ນິທັດສະນາການ (ni that sa nā kān) Latvian: izstāde f Lithuanian: paroda f Macedonian: изложба f (izložba) Malay: pameran Maltese: wirja f, espożizzjoni f Mongolian: Cyrillic: үзэсгэлэн (mn) (üzesgelen) Norwegian: Bokmål: utstilling (no) m or f Occitan: exposicion (oc) f Pashto: نندارتون‎ (ps) m (nandārtún), نمايشګاه‎ f (namāyešgã) Persian: نمایشگاه‎ (fa) (namâyešgâh) Polish: wystawa (pl) f Portuguese: exibição (pt) f, mostra (pt) f Romanian: expoziție (ro) f Russian: вы́ставка (ru) f (výstavka), экспози́ция (ru) f (ekspozícija) Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ѝзложба f Roman: ìzložba f Slovak: výstava f Slovene: razstava (sl) f Spanish: exposición (es) f Swedish: utställning (sv) c, visning (sv) c Tagalog: eksibisyon Tajik: намоишгоҳ (tg) (namoyišgoh) Tatar: күргәзмә (tt) (kürgäzmä) Thai: นิทรรศการ (ní-tát-sà-gaan) Turkish: sergi (tr) Turkmen: sergi Ukrainian: ви́ставка (uk) f (výstavka), експози́ція f (ekspozýcija) Urdu: نمائش‎ (ur) m (numāiś) Uyghur: كۆرگەزمە‎ (körgezme) Uzbek: koʻrgazma (uz) Vietnamese: triển lãm (vi) Yiddish: ויסשטעלונג‎ f (oysshtelung)

financial award to a student

Bulgarian: стипе́ндия f (stipéndija) Finnish: stipendi (fi) Galician: bolsa de estudos f Greek: υποτροφία (el) f (ypotrofía) Korean: 장학금(獎學金) (ko) (janghakgeum) Maori: whakakitenga Portuguese: bolsa de estudos f Russian: стипе́ндия (ru) f (stipéndija) Spanish: beca (es) f

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhibitiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zi.bi.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

exhibition f (plural exhibitions)

1. (sports) exhibition, friendly
2. (document) presentation, production
3. showing off, outrageous behaviour

Derived terms

• match d'exhibition
• exhibitionnisme
• exhibitionniste

Further reading

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