coming-out

noun

The act of coming out of the closet

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Meanings

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

plural coming-outs · plural comings-out

  1. The act of coming out of the closet

    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.

    1986 April 12, Duncan Mitchel, “To Grow Gently and with Honor”, in Gay Community News, page 9

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 出櫃 /出柜
  • 出櫃 /出柜 (chūguì)self-disclosure of sexual orientation
Esperanto elŝrankiĝi
  • elŝrankiĝiself-disclosure of sexual orientation
Finnish kaapista ulos tuleminen
  • kaapista ulos tuleminenself-disclosure of sexual orientation
French coming out, sortie du placard
  • coming outself-disclosure of sexual orientation
  • sortie du placardself-disclosure of sexual orientation
German Coming-out, Comingout
  • Coming-outself-disclosure of sexual orientation
  • Comingoutself-disclosure of sexual orientation
Hebrew יָצָא מִן הָאֲרוֹן, אָאוּטִינְג
  • יָצָא מִן הָאֲרוֹן (yatsá min ha'arón)self-disclosure of sexual orientation
  • אָאוּטִינְג (áuting)self-disclosure of sexual orientation
Hungarian előbújás, coming out
  • előbújásself-disclosure of sexual orientation
  • coming outself-disclosure of sexual orientation
Italian coming out
  • coming outself-disclosure of sexual orientation
Japanese カミングアウト
  • カミングアウト (kamingu-auto)self-disclosure of sexual orientation
Korean 커밍아웃
  • 커밍아웃 (keoming'aut)self-disclosure of sexual orientation
Polish coming out
  • coming outself-disclosure of sexual orientation
Portuguese saída do armário
  • saída do armárioself-disclosure of sexual orientation
Russian каминг-а́ут
  • каминг-а́ут (kaming-áut)self-disclosure of sexual orientation
Spanish salida del clóset, salida del armario
  • salida del clósetself-disclosure of sexual orientation
  • salida del armarioself-disclosure of sexual orientation
  • salida del placardself-disclosure of sexual orientation
Ukrainian камінґ-а́ут
  • камінґ-а́ут (kaming-áut)self-disclosure of sexual orientation
Cite this entry
APA

coming-out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coming-out

MLA

“coming-out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coming-out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coming-out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coming-out.

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