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.
3. A large-scale public showing of objects or products.

   There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.

   a boat exhibition

4. A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.

   a shameful exhibition

   a disgusting exhibition

   • 2002, George Harrison (lyrics and music), “Stuck Inside a Cloud”, in Brainwashed:

     Well I made some exhibition, I lost my will to eat / The only thing that matters to me is to touch your lotus feet

5. A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, 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."

6. (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 (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 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 November, Jonathan Meades, “Inside Job”, in Literary Review:

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

7. (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) (cʻucʻahandes)
• Bashkir: күрһәтеү (kürhətew)
• 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
• Persian:

  Dari: نَمَایِش (fa) (namāyiš)

  Iranian Persian: نَمایِش (fa) (namâyeš)

• 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 (maʕriḍ)
• Armenian: ցուցահանդես (hy) (cʻucʻahandes)
• Azerbaijani: sərgi (az)
• Bashkir: күргәҙмә (kürgəźmə)
• Belarusian: вы́стаўка (be) f (výstaŭka), выста́ва f (vystáva), экспазі́цыя f (ekspazícyja)
• Bengali: প্রদর্শনী (bn) (prodorśoni)
• Bulgarian: изло́жба (bg) f (izlóžba), експози́ция f (ekspozícija)
• Burmese: ပြပွဲ (my) (pra.pwai:)
• Catalan: exposició (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 展覽會／展览会 (zin² laam⁵ wui^6-2), 展示會／展示会 (zin² si⁶ wui^6-2)

  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
• Esperanto: ekspozicio
• 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) f (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 (ja) (てんじかい, tenjikai)
• Kazakh: көрме (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
• Ottoman Turkish: اویون (oyun)
• Pashto: نندارتون (ps) m (nandārtun), نمايشګاه f (namāyešgā)
• Persian:

  Dari: نَمَایِشْگَاه (fa) (namāyišgāh), نَمَایِش (fa) (namāyiš)

  Iranian Persian: نَمایِشْگاه (fa) (namâyešgâh), نَمایِش (fa) (namâyeš)

• Polish: wystawa (pl) f, ekspozycja (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: نُمائِش (ur) f (numāiś)
• Uyghur: كۆرگەزمە (körgezme)
• Uzbek: koʻrgazma (uz)
• Vietnamese: triển lãm (vi) (展覽)
• 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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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} ekspozicio (1, 2)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhibitiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zi.bi.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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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.