come out

sortir

Passer de l’intérieur d’un lieu à l’extérieur, souvent vers la personne qui parle.

En anglais simple : To move from inside a place to outside, often towards the speaker.

• Come out and play!
• A mouse came out of the cupboard.
• She came out into the garden with a cup of tea.

Comment l'utiliser : come out of somewhere (A bird came out of the chimney.)

Synonymes : emerge, exit

Contraires : enter

Expressions courantes : come out here, come out slowly, come out together

se révéler, être dévoilé

Pour un fait ou un secret, devenir connu des autres.

En anglais simple : If a fact or secret does this, people find out about it.

• The truth came out yesterday.
• More details will come out during the trial.
• It came out that she had paid for everything.

Comment l'utiliser : it comes out that… (It came out that the manager had hidden the report.)

Synonymes : come to light, be revealed, emerge

Expressions courantes : come out eventually, come out publicly, come out later

apparaître, sortir

Apparaître à un endroit où les autres peuvent vous voir.

En anglais simple : To appear where other people can see you.

• The singer came out smiling.
• She came out onto the balcony and waved.
• The children cheered when the actor came out onstage.

Comment l'utiliser : come out from behind something (The actor came out from behind the curtain.)

Synonymes : appear, emerge

Contraires : disappear

Expressions courantes : come out onstage, come out smiling, come out waving

paraître, sortir

Pour un livre, un film ou un autre produit, devenir accessible au public.

En anglais simple : If a book, film, or other product does this, it becomes available to the public.

• Her book comes out tomorrow.
• The film came out last summer.
• When will the next issue come out?

Comment l'utiliser : come out in/on a date (The new album comes out on Friday.)

Synonymes : be released, be published, appear

Expressions courantes : come out tomorrow, come out soon, come out online

faire son coming out

Dire aux autres que l’on est homosexuel.

En anglais simple : To tell other people that you are gay.

• He decided to come out.
• She came out to her closest friends first.
• After coming out as gay, he felt more comfortable with himself.

Comment l'utiliser : come out to someone (He came out to his parents last year.); come out as gay/lesbian (She came out as lesbian at university.)

Synonymes : come out of the closet

Expressions courantes : come out publicly, come out proudly, come out privately