closet

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklɒzɪt/
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• US: /ˈklɑzɪt/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɒzɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: K L AA1 Z AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures.

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خِزَانَة (ḵizāna) — furniture
• Arabic: كبت (kabat) — furniture
• Armenian: պահարան (paharan) — furniture
• Azerbaijani: dolab — furniture
• Azerbaijani: şkaf — furniture
• Belarusian: ша́фа (šáfa) — furniture
• Bulgarian: стенен гардероб (stenen garderob) — furniture
• Bulgarian: килер (kiler) — furniture
• Bulgarian: шкаф (škaf) — furniture
• Bulgarian: гардеро́б (garderób) — furniture
• Chinese Mandarin: 壁櫥 /壁橱 (bìchú) — furniture
• Czech: skříň — furniture
• Danish: skab — furniture
• Dutch: kast — furniture
• Esperanto: ŝranko — furniture
• Faroese: skáp — furniture
• Finnish: kaappi — furniture
• Finnish: komero — furniture
• French: placard — furniture
• Georgian: კარადა (ḳarada) — furniture
• German: Schrank — furniture
• German: Wandschrank — furniture
• Greek: ντουλάπι (ntoulápi) — furniture
• Hebrew: ארון (arón) — furniture
• Hindi: अलमैराह (almairāh) — furniture
• Hungarian: beépített szekrény — furniture
• Hungarian: faliszekrény — furniture
• Hungarian: gardrób — furniture
• Hungarian: gardróbszekrény — furniture
• Hungarian: járható ruhásszekrény — furniture
• Icelandic: skápur — furniture
• Ingrian: škaappi — furniture
• Italian: armadio — furniture
• Italian: ripostiglio — furniture
• Japanese: クローゼット (kurozetto) — furniture
• Japanese: 押入 (oshiire) — furniture
• Japanese: 収納庫 (shūnōko) — furniture
• Kazakh: шкаф (şkaf) — furniture
• Korean: 옷장 (otjang) — furniture
• Latin: armarium — furniture
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skåp — furniture
• Persian: کمد (komod) — furniture
• Persian: اشکاف (eškâf) — furniture
• Polish: szafa — furniture
• Portuguese: guarda-roupas — furniture
• Portuguese: armário — furniture
• Russian: шкаф (škaf) — furniture
• Serbo-Croatian: ormar — furniture
• Sicilian: muarra — furniture
• Slovak: skriňa — furniture
• Slovene: omara — furniture
• Spanish: ropero — furniture
• Spanish: armario — furniture
• Spanish: clóset — furniture
• Spanish: placar — furniture
• Spanish: placard — furniture
• Spanish: cachimán — furniture
• Swedish: skåp — furniture
• Swedish: garderob — furniture
• Turkish: dolap — furniture
• Ukrainian: ша́фа (šáfa) — furniture
• Walloon: calbote — furniture
• Walloon: årmå — furniture
• Walloon: årmwere — furniture
• West Flemish: kasse — furniture
• Yiddish: אַלמער (almer) — furniture
• Yiddish: שאַנק (shank) — furniture
• Yiddish: שאַפֿע (shafe) — furniture
• Arabic: عَرِين (ʕarīn) — small private chamber
• Arabic: حُجْرَة (ḥujra) — small private chamber
• Arabic: مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb) — small private chamber
• Arabic: قَيْطُون (qayṭūn) — small private chamber
• Bulgarian: кабинет (kabinet) — small private chamber
• Esperanto: kamero — small private chamber
• Finnish: kamari — small private chamber
• Finnish: koppi — small private chamber
• German: Kammer — small private chamber
• German: Abstellkammer — small private chamber
• German: Ankleide — small private chamber
• German: Käfter — small private chamber
• German: Kamurke — small private chamber
• German: Kabinett — small private chamber
• German: Kämmerchen — small private chamber
• German: Alkoven — small private chamber
• German: Geheimzimmer — small private chamber
• Greek: καμαράκι (kamaráki) — small private chamber
• Hungarian: budoár — small private chamber
• Hungarian: szobácska — small private chamber
• Hungarian: kis szoba — small private chamber
• Hungarian: kamra — small private chamber
• Hungarian: cella — small private chamber
• Hungarian: fülke — small private chamber
• Italian: ripostiglio — small private chamber
• Norwegian: kott — small private chamber
• Polish: komórka — small private chamber
• Russian: чула́н (čulán) — small private chamber
• Russian: камо́рка (kamórka) — small private chamber
• Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-uaigneach — small private chamber
• Sicilian: ripustigghiu — small private chamber
• Upper Sorbian: komorka — small private chamber
• Ukrainian: комірка (komirka) — small private chamber
• Finnish: kaappi — figurative sense
• German: Geheim- — figurative sense
• Hungarian: zug — figurative sense
• Swedish: garderob — figurative sense