doomsday

English

Etymology

Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːmz.deɪ/

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• Hyphenation: dooms‧day

Noun

doomsday (countable and uncountable, plural doomsdays)

1. The day when God is expected to judge the world; end times.
2. judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.

Synonyms

• apocalypse
• Armageddon
• end times
• Final Judgment
• judgement day
• Ragnarok
• Ragnarök

 

Translations

day when God is expected to judge the world

• Assamese: কিয়ামত (kiamot)
• Bashkir: ҡиәмәт көнө (qiəmət könö); (end of the world) ахырызаман (axırızaman)
• Bulgarian: страшният съд m (strašnijat sǎd)
• Burmese: တရားစီရင်မည့်နေ့ (ta.ra:cirangmany.ne.)
• Catalan: Judici Final m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 末日 (zh) (mòrì), 世界末日 (zh) (shìjiè mòrì)

• Czech: soudný den m
• Danish: dommedag c
• Estonian: viimnepäev
• Finnish: tuomiopäivä (fi)
• French: jour du Jugement dernier m
• German: Tag des jüngsten Gerichts m
• Greek: ημέρα της Κρίσεως f (iméra tis Kríseos), Δευτέρα Παρουσία f (Deftéra Parousía)
• Hebrew: יום הדין (he) m (yom ha'dyn)
• Hindi: क़यामत m (qayāmat)
• Indonesian: hari kiamat (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: il giorno del giudizio universale m
• Japanese: ドームズデー (dōmuzudē)
• Macedonian: суден ден m (suden den)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dommedag m

  Nynorsk: dommedag m, domedag m

• Occitan: Jutjament Darrièr, Judici Final m
• Polish: Dzień Sądu Ostatecznego m
• Portuguese: dia do juízo final m
• Russian: су́дный день m (súdnyj denʹ), день стра́шного суда́ m (denʹ strášnovo sudá), (end of the world) коне́ц све́та (ru) m (konéc svéta)
• Serbo-Croatian: sudnji dan m
• Spanish: día del Juicio Final m, apocalipsis m, armagedón m
• Swedish: domedag (sv) c
• Urdu: قیامت m (qayāmat)
• Vietnamese: ngày tận thế

any day of decisive judgement

• Assamese: কিয়ামত (kiamot)
• Danish: dommedag c
• Finnish: tuomiopäivä (fi)
• German: Tag des jüngsten Gerichts
• Hindi: क़यामत m (qayāmat)
• Macedonian: суден ден m (suden den)
• Middle English: domesday
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dommedag m

  Nynorsk: dommedag m, domedag m

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: fin (oc) f, jutjament final m
• Russian: су́дный день m (súdnyj denʹ)
• Urdu: قیامت m (qayāmat)

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Translations to be checked

• French: (1-3) ^{(please verify)} jour du Jugement dernier
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} Dómsdagur

Adjective

doomsday (not comparable)

1. Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
2. Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
3. Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"

• Domesday Book
• doomsday bomb
• doomsday event
• doomsday machine
• doomsday scenario
• doomsday weapon