exode

See also: Exode

English

Etymology

From Latin exodium.

Noun

exode (plural exodes)

  1. (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.
  2. (Ancient Greek drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
  3. (historical, Ancient Rome) A comic afterpiece, either a farce or a travesty.

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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)

  1. 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.

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