Apocalypse

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English

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Etymology

Proprialization from apocalypse, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”). The translation decisions, from the original Greek to the conventional English choices Revelation and Apocalypse, are covered by Wikipedia at Book of Revelation § Title, authorship, and date.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpɒkəlɪps/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑkəlɪps/
• Hyphenation: Apoc‧a‧lypse

Proper noun

Apocalypse (plural Apocalypses)

1. (countable, biblical) The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.

   Apocalypses of Adam and Abraham (Epiphanius) and of Elias (Jerome) are also mentioned.

2. (Christianity) Revelation (last book of the Bible, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates a vision of the end times).

   He's been reading the Apocalypse again, and doomscrolling social media content that fixates on it.

3. Armageddon: the destructive end of the world.

   They keep predicting that the Apocalypse is nigh, but I notice that they have books and supplies that they're trying to sell.

Translations

the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet

Afrikaans: Openbaring (af) Albanian: apokalips (sq) Arabic: رُؤْيَا m (ruʔyā), كَشْف m (kašf) Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) Armenian: Հայտնություն (hy) (Haytnutʻyun) Basque: Apokalipsi (eu) Breton: Diskuliadur (br) m Bulgarian: Апокалипсис (Apokalipsis) Catalan: apocalipsi (ca) m Cebuano: Pinadayag Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 啟示錄 / 启示录 (zh) (Qǐshìlù) Corsican: Apocàlisi (co) Czech: Zjevení m Danish: Åbenbaring f Dutch: Openbaring (nl) f Estonian: ilmutus Faroese: Opinbering (fo) m Finnish: ilmestys (fi), maailmanloppu (fi) French: apocalypse (fr) Galician: apocalipse m German: Apokalypse (de) f, Offenbarung (de) f Greek: Αποκάλυψη (el) f (Apokálypsi) Ancient: Ἀποκάλυψις m (Apokálupsis) Greenlandic: saqqummersitat Hebrew: אפוקליפסה (he), חזון (he) Hungarian: Jelenések Icelandic: Opinberunar m Ido: Apokalipso (io) m Irish: Apacailipsis (ga) m Italian: apocalisse (it) Japanese: 黙示録 (ja) (もくしろく, Mokushiroku) Korean: 묵시록(黙示録) (ko) (muksirok) Latin: Apocalypsis (la) m Latvian: Atklāsmes (lv) m Limburgish: Revelatie Maltese: Apokalissi (mt) Manx: Ashlish (gv) Maori: Whakakitenga (mi) Navajo: yitʼíní ályaa Norwegian: Åpenbaring (no) f Polish: apokalipsa (pl) f Portuguese: Apocalipse (pt) m Romanian: apocalipsă (ro) f Russian: апокали́псис (ru) m (apokalípsis) Scots: Revelation Scottish Gaelic: Taisbeanadh (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Apokalipsa (sh) f, apokalipsa (sh) f Slovak: Zjavenie m Slovene: apokalipsa (sl) Spanish: Apocalipsis (es) m Swahili: Ufunuo (sw) Swedish: apokalyps (sv) c Tagalog: Apokalipsis Waray-Waray: Ginpadayag Welsh: Datguddiad (cy) m West Frisian: Iepenbiering Zealandic: Openbaring

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Openbaring (af) Albanian: Apokalips Arabic: رُؤْيَا m (ruʔyā), كَشْف m (kašf) Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) Armenian: Հայտնություն (hy) (Haytnutʻyun) Basque: Apokalipsi (eu) Breton: Diskuliadur (br) m Bulgarian: Апокалипсис (Apokalipsis) Catalan: Apocalipsi m Cebuano: Pinadayag Chinese: Eastern Min: 啟示錄 / 启示录 (Kiē-*sê-liŏh), 默示錄 / 默示录 (Kiē-sê Liŏh), 默示錄 / 默示录 (Mĕk-sê Liŏh) Mandarin: 啟示錄 / 启示录 (zh) (Qǐshìlù) Corsican: Apocàlisi (co) Czech: Zjevení m Danish: Åbenbaring f Dutch: Openbaring (nl) f Estonian: Johannese ilmutus Faroese: Opinbering (fo) m Finnish: Johanneksen ilmestys (fi) French: Apocalypse (fr) Galician: Apocalipse m German: Apokalypse (de) f, Offenbarung (de) f Greek: Αποκάλυψη (el) f (Apokálypsi) Ancient: Ἀποκάλυψις m (Apokálupsis) Greenlandic: Johannesimut saqqummersitat (kl) Hawaiian: Hoike ana Hebrew: אפוקליפסה (he), חזון (he) Hungarian: A jelenések könyve Icelandic: Opinberunarbókin m Ido: Apokalipso (io) m Irish: Apacailipsis (ga) m Italian: Apocalisse Japanese: 黙示録 (ja) (もくしろく, Mokushiroku) Korean: 요한 묵시록(默示錄) (yohan muksirok) (Catholic), 요한 계시록(啓示錄) (yohan gyesirok) (Protestantism) Latin: Apocalypsis (la) m Latvian: Atklāsmes (lv) m Limburgish: Revelatie Lithuanian: Apreiškimas Jonui (lt) Maltese: Apokalissi (mt) Manx: Ashlish (gv) Maori: Whakakitenga (mi) Navajo: Yitʼíní ályaa Norwegian: Åpenbaring (no) f Polish: Apokalipsa f Portuguese: Apocalipse (pt) m Romanian: Apocalipsă f Russian: Апокали́псис (ru) m (Apokalípsis) Scots: Revelation Scottish Gaelic: Taisbeanadh (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Apokalipsa (sh) f Slovak: Zjavenie m Slovene: Apokalipsa (sl) Spanish: Apocalipsis (es) m Swahili: Ufunuo (sw) Swedish: Uppenbarelseboken c Tagalog: Pahayag (tl) Waray-Waray: Ginpadayag Welsh: Datguddiad (cy) m West Frisian: Iepenbiering Zealandic: Openbaring

See also

• Final Judgment
• Rapture
• Second Coming
• Tribulation

Further reading

• Apocalyptic literature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɔ.ka.lips/
• Hyphenation: A‧po‧ca‧lypse

Proper noun

Apocalypse f

1. Book of Revelation