coming-out

English

Noun

coming-out (plural coming-outs or comings-out)

1. The act of coming out of the closet
   • 1986 April 12, Duncan Mitchel, “To Grow Gently and with Honor”, in Gay Community News, page 9:

     As he learns how much of himself he has suppressed in his quest for respectability, as he slowly and reluctantly begins to be a whole person, we will hear echoes of our own comings-out.

Translations

self-disclosure of sexual orientation

• Belarusian: камінг-а́ўт m (kaminh-áŭt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出櫃／出柜 (zh) (chūguì)

• Esperanto: elŝrankiĝi
• Finnish: kaapista ulos tuleminen
• French: coming out (fr) m, sortie du placard f
• Georgian: ქამინგ აუთი (kaming auti)
• German: Coming-out (de) n, Comingout (de) n
• Hebrew: יָצָא מִן הָאֲרוֹן (he) (yatsá min ha'arón)
• Hungarian: előbújás, coming out (hu)
• Japanese: カミングアウト (kamingu-auto)
• Korean: 커밍아웃 (keoming'aut)
• Polish: coming out (pl) m
• Portuguese: saída do armário f
• Russian: каминг-а́ут (ru) m (kaming-áut)
• Spanish: salida del clóset f (Latin America), salida del armario f (mainly Spain), salida del placard f (River Plate)
• Ukrainian: камінґ-а́ут m (kaming-áut)