doomsday

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈduːmz.deɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: dooms‧day

Noun

doomsday (countable and uncountable, plural doomsdays)

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

Synonyms

Translations

day when God is expected to judge the world

Bashkir: ҡиәмәт көнө (qiämät könö); (end of the world) ахырызаман (axïrïzaman)
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
Estonian: viimnepäev
Finnish: tuomiopäivä (fi)
French: jour du Jugement dernier m
German: Tag des jüngsten Gerichts m
Greek: ημέρα της Kρίσεως f (iméra tis Kríseos), Δευτέρα Παρουσία f (Deftéra Parousía)
Hebrew: יום הדין‎ (he) m (yom ha'dyn)
Indonesian: hari kiamat (id)

Italian: il giorno del giudizio universale m
Japanese: ドームズデー (dōmuzudē)
Macedonian: суден ден m (súden 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
Vietnamese: ngày tận thế

any day of decisive judgement

Finnish: tuomiopäivä (fi)
German: Tag des jüngsten Gerichts
Macedonian: суден ден m (súden den)
Middle English: domesday
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dommedag m

Nynorsk: dommedag m, domedag m

Occitan: fin (oc) f, jutjament final m
Russian: су́дный день m (súdnyj denʹ)

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Translations to be checked

French: (1-3) ^{(please verify)} jour du Jugement dernier

Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} Dómsdagur

Adjective

doomsday (not comparable)

Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
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

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