exposé
French, noun
exposé is spelled E-X-P-O-S-É (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exposé is a French masculine noun meaning “presentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, expose is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Récit d’un ou de plusieurs faits et des circonstances qui les ont accompagnés”.
What does exposé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
exposed
noun
- 1
masculinepresentation
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a été exposé, dans un musée, par exemple. 2. Qui est susceptible d’être en danger.
noun: 1. Récit d’un ou de plusieurs faits et des circonstances qui les ont accompagnés. 2. Compte rendu ; explication ; développement. 3. Présentation d'un thème musical, avant de passer à l'improvisation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of exposé
- exposée feminine
- exposés masculine plural
- exposées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to exposé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exposé in French?
exposé appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).