closet

placard, penderie

Placard ou petite pièce où l’on range des vêtements ou d’autres objets de la maison.

En anglais simple : A cupboard or small room where you keep clothes or other household things.

• My coats are in the closet.
• She cleaned out her bedroom closet.
• Does the apartment have enough closet space?

Synonymes : cupboard, wardrobe

Expressions courantes : bedroom closet, closet door, closet space

secret, placard

Situation où l’on cache aux autres un aspect personnel de sa vie, notamment son homosexualité.

En anglais simple : A state of hiding something personal, especially being gay, from other people.

• He is still in the closet.
• She finally came out of the closet last year.
• Every family has a skeleton in the closet.

Comment l'utiliser : in the closet (He stayed in the closet because he feared rejection.); come out of the closet (She came out of the closet to her family.)

Synonymes : secrecy, hiding

Expressions courantes : in the closet, out of closet, closet of secrets

secret, caché

Qui cache aux autres un intérêt, une conviction ou un aspect de son identité.

En anglais simple : Having an interest, belief, or personal identity that you keep hidden from others.

• He is a closet romantic.
• My sister is a closet fan of that band.
• Some closet supporters quietly donated money.

Synonymes : secret, hidden

Contraires : open

Expressions courantes : closet romantic, closet fan, closet gay

s’enfermer

S’isoler avec quelqu’un dans une pièce pour discuter en privé.

En anglais simple : To shut yourself away with someone to discuss something privately.

• They closeted themselves for a private discussion.
• The minister was closeted with her advisers.
• He closeted himself in his office to negotiate the deal.

Comment l'utiliser : closet yourself with someone (She closeted herself with her advisers.); be closeted with someone (The director was closeted with the lawyers all morning.)

Synonymes : shut away

Expressions courantes : closet yourself away, closet yourself with someone