apocalips

Middle English

Alternative forms

• apocalipce, apocalyppys, apochalipse, appocalipse, appocalyppece, apocalyppez, apokalypsis, apocalipse

Etymology

From Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔkalips(ə)/, /əˈpɔkalips(ə)/, /aˈpɔkalipsis/

Noun

apocalips (uncountable)

1. The book of Revelation (the last book of the New Testament)
2. (rare) The biblical Apocalypse; the events of the book of Revelation.
3. (rare) A revelation or trance.

Usage notes

Apocalips was the usual name for the last book of the New Testament in Middle English.

Descendants

• English: apocalypse, Apocalypse (spelling remodelled after Latin)

References

• “apocalips(e, -yp(p)es, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 September 2018.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• apocalipsă

Etymology

Borrowed from French apocalypse, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [apokaˈlips]

Noun

apocalips n (plural apocalipse)

1. apocalypse

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	apocalips	apocalipsul		apocalipse	apocalipsele
genitive-dative	apocalips	apocalipsului		apocalipse	apocalipselor
vocative	apocalipsule			apocalipselor

Derived terms

• apocaliptic

References

• “apocalips”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025