apocalypse

See also: Apocalypse

English

Etymology

From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), literally meaning "uncovering", from ἀπό (apó, “after”) and καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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 unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; 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, page 699:
  The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.

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Translations

revealing or revelation

Estonian: ilmutus
Finnish: ilmestys (fi)
French: apocalypse (fr) f
Galician: apocalipse f
Greek: αποκάλυψη (el) f (apokálypsi)
Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις f (apokálupsis)
Latin: apocalypsis f

Norwegian:
Bokmål: apokalypse (no) m

Nynorsk: apokalypse m
Portuguese: apocalipse (pt) m
Russian: апока́липсис (ru) m (apokálipsis)
Tagalog: hulawat

end of the world

Arabic: القيامَة‎ f
Burmese: ကမ္ဘာပျက်ခြင်း (kambha-pyakhkrang:)
Catalan: apocalipsi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 世界末日 (zh) (shìjiè mòrì), 啟示 (zh), 启示 (zh) (qǐshì)
Estonian: apokalüpsis
Finnish: maailmanloppu (fi)
French: apocalypse (fr) f
German: Apokalypse (de) f
Hebrew: אחרית הימים‎ f (aḥarít hayamím)
Hungarian: apokalipszis (hu)
Irish: apacailipsis m
Old Irish: abcolips
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 (dàzāinàn)
Estonian: apokalüpsis
French: apocalypse (fr) f
German: Apokalypse (de) f
Hungarian: apokalipszis (hu)
Irish: apacailipsis m
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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. 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

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

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_apo-' title='Category:English words prefixed with apo-'>English words prefixed with apo-</a>

▼ <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*%E1%B8%B1el-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *ḱel-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *ḱel-</a>‎ (0 c, 3 e)

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/apocalypse' title='apocalypse'>apocalypse</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/calyx' title='calyx'>calyx</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occult' title='occult'>occult</a>

References

“apocalypse” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

apocalypse f (plural apocalypses)

apocalypse (disaster)

Latin

Noun

apocalypse

ablative singular of apocalypsis

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