exportation, n.f., exportation, export.
exporter, v.a., to export. S’—; to be exported.
exposant, n.m., -e, n.f., exhibitor; (jur.) petitioner; (math.) exponent, index.
exposé, n.m., statement; account, outline; (jur.) recital. Faire un —; to draw up a statement. — des motifs; explanatory statement.
exposé, -e, part. and adj., exposed, on view; situated; having a certain aspect; uncovered; liable; abandoned.
exposer, v.a., to expose, to expose to view, to show, to exhibit; to endanger, to hazard, to venture, to render liable, to make liable, to lay open; to state, to set forth; to expound, to explain, to abandon. — en vente; to expose for sale. — sa vie; to venture one’s life. — ses sentiments; to state one’s sentiments. — un système; to unfold a system. — un corps mort sur un lit de parade; to lay out a dead body in state.
s’exposer, v.r., to expose one’s self; to be exposed, to be liable, to lay one’s self open, to lie open. Il s’expose à la risée de tout le monde; he makes himself the laughing-stock of everybody.
exposer, v.n., to explain; to exhibit. Je ne connais personne qui expose mieux; I know no one who can explain a thing better. Ce peintre n’a pas encore exposé; that painter has not yet exhibited.
exposition, n.f., exhibition, exposing; exposure; lying-in-state (of dead bodies); situation; aspect, statement, explanation. La grande —; the Great Exhibition. Maison dans une — agréable; house with a pleasant aspect. Faire une fidèle — de toutes ses raisons; to give a faithful account of all one’s reasons.
exprès, -se, adj., express, positive; plain, clear, distinct. La loi est —se sur ce point; the law is positive on that point.