"emperor's new clothes" meaning in All languages combined

See emperor's new clothes on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-emperor's new clothes.ogg
Etymology: After The Emperor's New Clothes, a tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} emperor's new clothes pl (plural only)
  1. (idiomatic) Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged. Wikipedia link: Hans Christian Andersen, The Emperor's New Clothes, the emperor's new clothes Tags: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Synonyms: elephant in the room Translations (something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored): kejserens nye klæder (Danish), keisarin uudet vaatteet (Finnish), 裸の王様 (alt: はだか・の・おおさま hadaka-no-ōsama) (Japanese), roupa nova do imperador [feminine] (Portuguese), roupas novas do imperador [feminine] (Portuguese), cisárove nové šaty (Slovak), kejsarens nya kläder (Swedish), bộ quần áo mới của hoàng đế (Vietnamese)
{
  "etymology_text": "After The Emperor's New Clothes, a tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "emperor's new clothes pl (plural only)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 May 26, “Is an M&S suit the emperor's new clothes?”, in The Guardian, UK:",
          "text": "Marks & Spencer announced a 19% fall in annual profits on Tuesday.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 July 31, Jeff Sabatini, “2006 Lexus RX 400h: The hybrid emperor's new clothes”, in New York Times:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged."
      ],
      "id": "en-emperor's_new_clothes-en-noun-q-P8TwNm",
      "links": [
        [
          "obvious",
          "obvious"
        ],
        [
          "embarrassing",
          "embarrassing"
        ],
        [
          "politely",
          "politely"
        ],
        [
          "ignore",
          "ignore"
        ],
        [
          "unacknowledged",
          "unacknowledged"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "elephant in the room"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
          "word": "kejserens nye klæder"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
          "word": "keisarin uudet vaatteet"
        },
        {
          "alt": "はだか・の・おおさま hadaka-no-ōsama",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
          "word": "裸の王様"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "roupa nova do imperador"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "roupas novas do imperador"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
          "word": "cisárove nové šaty"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
          "word": "kejsarens nya kläder"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
          "word": "bộ quần áo mới của hoàng đế"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Hans Christian Andersen",
        "The Emperor's New Clothes",
        "the emperor's new clothes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-emperor's new clothes.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/En-au-emperor%27s_new_clothes.ogg/En-au-emperor%27s_new_clothes.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/En-au-emperor%27s_new_clothes.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "emperor's new clothes"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "After The Emperor's New Clothes, a tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "emperor's new clothes pl (plural only)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English pluralia tantum",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 May 26, “Is an M&S suit the emperor's new clothes?”, in The Guardian, UK:",
          "text": "Marks & Spencer announced a 19% fall in annual profits on Tuesday.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 July 31, Jeff Sabatini, “2006 Lexus RX 400h: The hybrid emperor's new clothes”, in New York Times:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obvious",
          "obvious"
        ],
        [
          "embarrassing",
          "embarrassing"
        ],
        [
          "politely",
          "politely"
        ],
        [
          "ignore",
          "ignore"
        ],
        [
          "unacknowledged",
          "unacknowledged"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Hans Christian Andersen",
        "The Emperor's New Clothes",
        "the emperor's new clothes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-emperor's new clothes.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/En-au-emperor%27s_new_clothes.ogg/En-au-emperor%27s_new_clothes.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/En-au-emperor%27s_new_clothes.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "elephant in the room"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
      "word": "kejserens nye klæder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
      "word": "keisarin uudet vaatteet"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はだか・の・おおさま hadaka-no-ōsama",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
      "word": "裸の王様"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roupa nova do imperador"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roupas novas do imperador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
      "word": "cisárove nové šaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
      "word": "kejsarens nya kläder"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
      "word": "bộ quần áo mới của hoàng đế"
    }
  ],
  "word": "emperor's new clothes"
}

Download raw JSONL data for emperor's new clothes meaning in All languages combined (3.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.