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Apocalypse
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apocalypse
English
Etymology
Proprialization from en apocalypse, ultimately from en grc ἀποκάλυψις revelation. The translation decisions, from the original Greek to the conventional English choices en Revelation and Apocalypse, are covered by Wikipedia at Book of Revelation § Title, authorship, and date.
Pronunciation
en /əˈpɒkəlɪps/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Apocalypse.wav Southern England
en /əˈpɑkəlɪps/ GA
en Apoc a lypse
Proper noun
s
en countable biblical The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.
en Apocalypses of Adam and Abraham (Epiphanius) and of Elias (Jerome) are also mentioned.
en Christianity Revelation last book of the en Bible, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates a vision of the end times.
en He's been reading the Apocalypse again, and doomscrolling social media content that fixates on it.
Armageddon: the destructive end of the world.
en 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: af Openbaring
Albanian: sq apokalips
Arabic: ar رُؤْيَا m, ar كَشْف m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ gilyana
Armenian: hy Հայտնություն
Basque: eu Apokalipsi
Breton: br Diskuliadur m
Bulgarian: bg Апокалипсис
Catalan: ca apocalipsi m
Cebuano: ceb Pinadayag
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 啟示錄 Qǐshìlù
Corsican: co Apocàlisi
Czech: cs Zjevení m
Danish: da Åbenbaring f
Dutch: nl Openbaring f
Estonian: et ilmutus
Faroese: fo Opinbering m
Finnish: fi ilmestys, fi maailmanloppu
French: fr apocalypse
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Iepenbiering
Galician: gl apocalipse m
German: de Apokalypse f, de Offenbarung f
Greek: el Αποκάλυψη f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀποκάλυψις m
Greenlandic: kl saqqummersitat
Hebrew: he אפוקליפסה, he חזון
Hungarian: hu Jelenések
Icelandic: is Opinberunar m
Ido: io Apokalipso m
Irish: ga Apacailipsis m
Italian: it apocalisse
Japanese: ja 黙示録 もくしろく, Mokushiroku
Korean: ko 묵시록(黙示録)
Latin: la Apocalypsis m
Latvian: lv Atklāsmes m
Limburgish: li Revelatie
Maltese: mt Apokalissi
Manx: gv Ashlish
Māori: mi Whakakitenga
Navajo: nv yitʼíní ályaa
Norwegian: no Åpenbaring f
Polish: pl apokalipsa f
Portuguese: pt Apocalipse m
Romanian: ro apocalipsă f
Russian: ru апокали́псис m
Scots: sco Revelation
Scottish Gaelic: gd Taisbeanadh m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Apokalipsa f, sh apokalipsa f
Slovak: sk Zjavenie m
Slovene: sl apokalipsa
Spanish: es Apocalipsis m
Swahili: sw Ufunuo
Swedish: sv apokalyps c
Tagalog: tl Apokalipsis
Waray-Waray: war Ginpadayag
Welsh: cy Datguddiad m
Zealandic: zea Openbaring
book of the Bible
Afrikaans: af Openbaring
Albanian: sq Apokalips
Arabic: ar رُؤْيَا m, ar كَشْف m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ gilyana
Armenian: hy Հայտնություն
Basque: eu Apokalipsi
Breton: br Diskuliadur m
Bulgarian: bg Апокалипсис
Catalan: ca Apocalipsi m
Cebuano: ceb Pinadayag
Chinese:
Eastern Min: cdo 啟示錄, cdo 默示錄 Kiē-sê Liŏh, cdo 默示錄 Mĕk-sê Liŏh
Mandarin: cmn 啟示錄 Qǐshìlù
Corsican: co Apocàlisi
Czech: cs Zjevení m
Danish: da Åbenbaring f
Dutch: nl Openbaring f
Estonian: et Johannese ilmutus
Faroese: fo Opinbering m
Finnish: fi Johanneksen ilmestys
French: fr Apocalypse
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Iepenbiering
Galician: gl Apocalipse m
German: de Apokalypse f, de Offenbarung f
Greek: el Αποκάλυψη f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀποκάλυψις m
Greenlandic: kl Johannesimut saqqummersitat
Hawaiian: haw Hoike ana
Hebrew: he אפוקליפסה, he חזון
Hungarian: hu A jelenések könyve
Icelandic: is Opinberunarbókin m
Ido: io Apokalipso m
Irish: ga Apacailipsis m
Italian: it Apocalisse
Japanese: ja 黙示録 もくしろく, Mokushiroku
Korean: ko 요한 묵시록(默示錄) Catholic, ko 요한 계시록(啓示錄) Protestantism
Latin: la Apocalypsis m
Latvian: lv Atklāsmes m
Limburgish: li Revelatie
Lithuanian: lt Apreiškimas Jonui
Maltese: mt Apokalissi
Manx: gv Ashlish
Māori: mi Whakakitenga
Navajo: nv Yitʼíní ályaa
Norwegian: no Åpenbaring f
Polish: pl Apokalipsa f
Portuguese: pt Apocalipse m
Romanian: ro Apocalipsă f
Russian: ru Апокали́псис m
Scots: sco Revelation
Scottish Gaelic: gd Taisbeanadh m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Apokalipsa f
Slovak: sk Zjavenie m
Slovene: sl Apokalipsa
Spanish: es Apocalipsis m
Swahili: sw Ufunuo
Swedish: sv Uppenbarelseboken c
Tagalog: tl Pahayag
Vietnamese: vi Khải Huyền
Waray-Waray: war Ginpadayag
Welsh: cy Datguddiad m
Zealandic: zea Openbaring
See also
en Final Judgment Rapture Second Coming Tribulation
Further reading
Apocalyptic literature
en Books of the Bible Eschatology
en terms prefixed with apo-
French
Pronunciation
fr A po ca lypse
Proper noun
f
Book of Revelation
fr Bible Books of the Bible