in public

English

Prepositional phrase

in public

1. In view of other people, who may be strangers.

   Don't you know it's rude to pick your nose in public?

Antonyms

• in private

Derived terms

• air one's dirty laundry in public
• air one's dirty linen in public
• wash one's dirty laundry in public
• wash one's dirty linen in public

 

Translations

in view of other people — see also publicly

• Bulgarian: открито (bg) (otkrito), пред хората (pred horata)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 當眾 / 当众 (zh) (dāngzhòng), 公開地 / 公开地 (gōngkāi de), 在公共場合 / 在公共场合 (zài gōnggòng chǎnghé)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: in het openbaar
• Finnish: julkisesti (fi)
• French: en public (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: δημοσίᾳ (dēmosíāi)

• Hungarian: nyilvánosan (hu), a (nagy) nyilvánosság előtt
• Latin: pūblicē (la)
• Portuguese: em público
• Sanskrit: प्रकटम् (sa) (prakaṭam)
• Spanish: en público (es)

References

• “in public”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.