"come out of the closet" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-come out of the closet.ogg Forms: comes out of the closet [present, singular, third-person], coming out of the closet [participle, present], came out of the closet [past], come out of the closet [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> out of the closet}} come out of the closet (third-person singular simple present comes out of the closet, present participle coming out of the closet, simple past came out of the closet, past participle come out of the closet)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic, LGBTQ) To disclose to others about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity, where previously this had been kept secret. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Categories (topical): LGBTQ, LGBTQ Synonyms: come out Derived forms: come out of the broom closet (english: come out as a pagan), coming-out Related terms: closeted, come out of the woodwork (english: appear as if from nowhere), in the closet
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  2. (intransitive, idiomatic, informal, sometimes humorous) To self-disclose about one's minority or disapproved-of identity, belief, preference, etc. Tags: humorous, idiomatic, informal, intransitive, sometimes Translations (to self-disclose about one's identity): sortir de l'armari (Catalan), eixir de l'armari (Catalan), 出櫃 /出柜 (ceot¹ gwai⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 出櫃 /出柜 (chūguì) [slang] (Chinese Mandarin), komme ud af skabet (Danish), springe ud (Danish), uit de kast komen (Dutch), elŝrankiĝi (Esperanto), kapist välja tulema (Estonian), tulla ulos kaapista (Finnish), sortir du placard (French), faire son coming out (French), sich outen (German), εκδηλώνομαι (ekdilónomai) (Greek), előbújik (Hungarian), coming outol (Hungarian), melela (Indonesian), tar amach (Irish), dichiararsi (Italian), uscire allo scoperto (Italian), カミングアウトする (kamingu-auto suru) (Japanese), komme ut av skapet (Norwegian), koma ut av skapet (Norwegian Nynorsk), ujawniać (się) [imperfective] (Polish), ujawnić (się) [perfective] (Polish), sair do armário (Portuguese), выходи́ть из подпо́лья (vyxodítʹ iz podpólʹja) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́йти из подпо́лья (výjti iz podpólʹja) [perfective] (Russian), salir del clóset [Latin-America] (Spanish), salir del armario [Spain, mainly] (Spanish), salir del placard (Spanish), salir del ropero (Spanish), komma ut ur garderoben (Swedish), komma ut (Swedish), açılmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-come_out_of_the_closet-en-verb-EcWMZgqB Disambiguation of "to self-disclose about one's identity": 36 64

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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "come<,,came,come> out of the closet"
      },
      "expansion": "come out of the closet (third-person singular simple present comes out of the closet, present participle coming out of the closet, simple past came out of the closet, past participle come out of the closet)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "closeted"
    },
    {
      "english": "appear as if from nowhere",
      "word": "come out of the woodwork"
    },
    {
      "word": "in the closet"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "remain in the closet"
        },
        {
          "word": "woodwork#Verb"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:LGBTQ"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He came out of the closet as gay to his friends.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972, Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Make Up”, in Transformer:",
          "text": "Now, we're coming out / Out of our closets / Out on the streets / Yeah, we're coming out",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disclose to others about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity, where previously this had been kept secret."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "LGBTQ",
          "LGBTQ"
        ],
        [
          "disclose",
          "disclose"
        ],
        [
          "sexual orientation",
          "sexual orientation"
        ],
        [
          "romantic orientation",
          "romantic orientation"
        ],
        [
          "gender identity",
          "gender identity"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic, LGBTQ) To disclose to others about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity, where previously this had been kept secret."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "come out"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms",
        "English idioms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She finally came out of the closet to her religious family regarding her atheism.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To self-disclose about one's minority or disapproved-of identity, belief, preference, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "minority",
          "minority"
        ],
        [
          "disapproved",
          "disapproved"
        ],
        [
          "identity",
          "identity"
        ],
        [
          "belief",
          "belief"
        ],
        [
          "preference",
          "preference"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic, informal, sometimes humorous) To self-disclose about one's minority or disapproved-of identity, belief, preference, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "idiomatic",
        "informal",
        "intransitive",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "en-au-come out of the closet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-au-come_out_of_the_closet.ogg/En-au-come_out_of_the_closet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-au-come_out_of_the_closet.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "sortir de l'armari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "eixir de l'armari"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ceot¹ gwai⁶",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "出櫃 /出柜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chūguì",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "出櫃 /出柜"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "komme ud af skabet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "springe ud"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "uit de kast komen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "elŝrankiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "kapist välja tulema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "tulla ulos kaapista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "sortir du placard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "faire son coming out"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "sich outen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekdilónomai",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "εκδηλώνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "előbújik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "coming outol"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "melela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "tar amach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "dichiararsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "uscire allo scoperto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kamingu-auto suru",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "カミングアウトする"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "komme ut av skapet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "koma ut av skapet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ujawniać (się)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ujawnić (się)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "sair do armário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyxodítʹ iz podpólʹja",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выходи́ть из подпо́лья"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výjti iz podpólʹja",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́йти из подпо́лья"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ],
      "word": "salir del clóset"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "mainly"
      ],
      "word": "salir del armario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "salir del placard"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "salir del ropero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "komma ut ur garderoben"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "komma ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to self-disclose about one's identity",
      "word": "açılmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "come out of the closet"
}

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