exode

exode [εgzɔd]

masculine noun

exodus

• l'Exode (Bible) the Exodus

• exode rural rural exodus

• exode des cerveaux brain drain

• exode des capitaux flight of capital

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ɛgzɔd

nom masculin lit, fig exodus

Phrasal Verbs:

- exode rural

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ɛɡzɔd nm

exodus

exode rural — rural exodus

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exode nm exodus (vers to); l'Exode Bible the Exodus; l'exode Hist the exodus from French cities in 1940.

Composés

exode des capitaux flight of capital; exode des cerveaux brain drain; exode rural rural depopulation.

ⓘ Exode rural This refers to the population drift from rural to urban areas which took place on a massive scale in the post-war decades.

[ɛgzɔd] nom masculin

1. [départ] exodus

l'exodedes cerveaux the brain drain

l'exodedes capitaux the flight of capital

l'exode rural the drift from the land, the rural exodus

l'exode HISTOIREthe flight southward and westward of French civilians before the occupying German army in 1940

2. BIBLE

l'Exode the Exodus