exode
See also: Exode
English
Noun
exode (plural exodes)
- (obsolete) departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
- a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay
- constant or standing miracles before the exode , at the exode , in the wilderness , in the promised land , under their judges , and under their kings
- 1868, Lyman Coleman, An Historical Text Book and Atlas of Biblical Geography, page 45:
- Moreover, the continuation of the Mosaic Dispensation from the Exode, 1586, to the burning of the second temple, A.D. 70 = 1656, is exactly the period before the Flood.
- a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay
- (Ancient Greek drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
- (historical, Ancient Rome) A comic afterpiece, either a farce or a travesty.
References
- “exode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
From Late Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “expedition, departure”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ὁδός (hodós, “path, road”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zɔd/
Noun
exode m (plural exodes)
- exodus
- 1991, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence:
- Il s’agit d’une possibilité envisagée, et si l’on prend des mesures, je ne crois pas cela provoquerait un exode massif de sociétés canadiennes.
- It is a possibility that is being considered, and if we do take action, I do not think that would cause a mass exodus of Canadian companies.
Derived terms
- exode des capitaux m
- exode des cerveaux m
Further reading
- “exode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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