apocalypse

See also: Apocalypse

English

Etymology

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From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from , literally meaning "uncovering", from and .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɒkəlɪps/
• IPA^(key): /əˈpɑkəlɪps/
• Hyphenation: a‧poc‧a‧lypse

Noun

apocalypse (plural apocalypses)

1. A revelation. [from 14th c.]

   The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.

2. (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]
3. A disaster; a cataclysmic event. [from 19th c.]
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 699:

     The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.

Synonyms

• armageddon
• doomsday
• Ragnarok (Ragnarök)
• end times
• eschaton

Hyponyms

• nuclear holocaust
• Final Judgment
• judgement day

Derived terms

• apocalyptic
• apocalypticism
• snowpocalypse

Translations

revealing or revelation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 啟示／启示 (zh) (qǐshì), 启示 (zh) (qǐshì)

• Danish: apokalypse c
• Estonian: ilmutus
• Finnish: ilmestys (fi)
• French: apocalypse (fr) f
• Galician: apocalipse f
• Greek: αποκάλυψη (el) f (apokálypsi)

  Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις f (apokálupsis)

• Hindi: कश्फ (hi) m (kaśph)
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• Interlingue:
• Latin: apocalypsis f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: apokalypse (no) m

  Nynorsk: apokalypse m

• Portuguese: apocalipse (pt) m
• Russian: апока́липсис (ru) m (apokálipsis)
• Tagalog: hulawat
• Urdu: کشف m (kašf)

end of the world

• Arabic: القيامَة f
• Burmese: ကမ္ဘာပျက်ခြင်း (kambha-pyakhkrang:)
• Catalan: apocalipsi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界末日 (zh) (shìjiè mòrì)

• Danish: apokalypse c, dommedag c
• Estonian: apokalüpsis
• Finnish: maailmanloppu (fi)
• French: apocalypse (fr) f
• Galician: Apocalipse m
• German: Apokalypse (de) f
• Hebrew: אחרית הימים f (aḥarít hayamím)
• Hindi: संक्षय (hi) m (saṅkṣay)
• Hungarian: apokalipszis (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: apacailipsis m

  Old Irish: abcolips

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• Italian: apocalisse (it)
• Macedonian: апокали́пса f (apokalípsa)
• Navajo: nihwiníyá, łahgo náhodeesdzá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: apokalypse (no) m, dommedag m

  Nynorsk: apokalypse m, dommedag m, domedag m

• Polish: apokalipsa (pl) f
• Portuguese: apocalipse (pt) f
• Russian: апока́липсис (ru) m (apokálipsis)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: откровење n, објава f

  Roman: otkrovenje (sh) n, objava (sh) f

• Spanish: apocalipsis m
• Swedish: apokalyps (sv) c
• Tagalog: hulawat
• Turkish: kıyamet (tr)

cataclysmic event

• Catalan: apocalipsi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大災難／大灾难, 大灾难 (dàzāinàn)

• Danish: apokalypse c, dommedag c
• Estonian: apokalüpsis
• French: apocalypse (fr) f
• Galician: apocalipse m
• German: Apokalypse (de) f
• Hindi: संक्षय (hi) m (saṅkṣay)
• Hungarian: apokalipszis (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: apacailipsis m
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• Italian: apocalisse (it)
• Macedonian: апокали́пса f (apokalípsa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: apokalypse (no), dommedag m

  Nynorsk: apokalypse m, dommedag m, domedag m

• Polish: apokalipsa (pl) f
• Portuguese: apocalipse (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: откровење n, објава f

  Roman: otkrovenje (sh) n, objava (sh) f

• Swedish: domedag (sv) m
• Tagalog: hulawat

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} apokalips (sq)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} апокалипсис (bg) (apokalipsis)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אפוקליפסה (he)
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} apokalipsa, ^{(please verify)} apokalipsė f
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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} apocalips (ro) n
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} apokalipsa (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} apokalipsa (sh) f
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} apokalipsa (sl)

Related terms

English terms prefixed with apo-

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “apocalypse”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Pronunciation

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Noun

apocalypse f (plural apocalypses)

1. apocalypse (disaster)

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) apocalypse

1. ablative singular of apocalypsis