apocalypse
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokalupsis, “revelation”), from ἀπό (apo, “away”) and καλύπτω (kaluptō, “I cover”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /əˈpɒkəlɪps/, X-SAMPA: /@"pQk@lIps/
- (US) IPA: /əˈpɑkəlɪps/, X-SAMPA: /@"pAk@lIps/
- Hyphenation: a‧poc‧a‧lypse
Noun [edit]
apocalypse (plural apocalypses)
- A revelation. [from 14th c.]
- The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.
- (Christianity) The events prophesied in the Revelation of John; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]
- A disaster; a cataclysmic event. [from 19th c.]
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 699:
- The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 699:
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Translations [edit]
revealing or revelation
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end of the world
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cataclysmic event
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Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
apocalypse
- ablative singular of apocalypsis
