revelation

See also Revelation, and révélation

English

Etymology

From Latin revēlātiō (“disclosure”), from revēlō (“to disclose”), re (“again”) + vēlō (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Wikipedia revelation (plural revelations)

1. The act of revealing or disclosing
2. Something that is revealed.
3. Something dramatically disclosed
4. (theology) A manifestation of divine truth
5. A great success
   • 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, BBC Sport:

     The 26-year-old has proved a revelation since his £10m move from Freiburg, with his 11 goals in 10 matches hauling Newcastle above Spurs, who went down to Adel Taarabt's goal in Saturday's late kick-off at Loftus Road.

Translations

the act of revealing or disclosing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洩露 (cmn) (xièlù), 泄露 (cmn) (xièlù), 揭發 (cmn), 揭发 (cmn) (jiēfā)

• Czech: odhalení (cs) n, zjevení (cs) n
• Danish: åbenbaring (da) c
• Dutch: revelatie (nl) f,openbaring (nl) f
• Esperanto: revelacio (eo)
• Finnish: paljastus (fi)
• French: révélation (fr) f
• German: Enthüllung (de) f
• Greek: αποκάλυψη (el) (apokálypsi) f
• Icelandic: opinberun (is) f
• Irish: nochtadh (ga) m

• Italian: rivelazione (it) f
• Japanese: 暴露 (ja) (ばくろ, bakuro)
• Korean: 폭로 (ko) (pongno)
• Latin: revelatio (la)
• Norwegian: Åpenbaring (no)
• Persian: افشاگری (fa) (efšâ-gari), افشاسازی (fa) (efšâ-sâzi)
• Portuguese: revelação (pt) f
• Russian: откровение (ru) (otkrovénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh (gd) m, foillseachadh (gd) m
• Spanish: revelación (es) f
• Swahili: ufunuo (sw)
• Swedish: avslöjande (sv) n

something dramatically disclosed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洩露 (cmn) (xièlù), 泄露 (cmn) (xièlù)

• Finnish: paljastus (fi)
• Hindi: प्रकटीकरण (hi) (prakatiikaran) m

• Japanese: 暴露 (ja) (ばくろ, bakuro)
• Russian: раскрытие (ru) (raskrýtije) n (e.g. та́йны), разоблачение (ru) (razoblačénije) n (exposure, disclosure, unmasking)
• Swedish: avslöjande (sv) n

manifestation of divine truth

• Arabic: وحي (ar) (waḥī) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 啟示 (cmn), 启示 (cmn) (qǐshì)

• Finnish: ilmestys (fi)
• German: Offenbarung (de) f
• Greek: αποκάλυψη (el) (apokálypsi) f

• Icelandic: opinberun (is) f
• Japanese: 啓示 (ja) (けいじ, keiji)
• Persian: وحی (fa) (vahi)
• Polish: objawienie (pl) n
• Russian: откровение (ru) (otkrovénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh (gd) m
• Swedish: uppenbarelse (sv) c

Related terms

• reveal