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.

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)

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.

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.