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From Middle English apocalips Latin apocalypsis Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις ( apokálupsis , “ revelation ” ) , literally meaning "uncovering ", from ἀπό ( apó , “ back, away from ” ) and καλύπτω ( kalúptō , “ I cover ” ) . The sense evolution to "catastrophe, end of the world" stems from the depiction of such events in the biblical Book of Revelation, also called the Apocalypse of (i.e. Revelation to) John.
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( UK ) IPA (key ) : /əˈpɒkəlɪps/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
( US ) IPA (key ) : /əˈpɑkəlɪps/ Hyphenation: a‧poc‧a‧lypse apocalypse (plural apocalypses
A revelation , especially of supernatural events. [from 14th c.]
The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall .
( Christianity ) unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation ; the second coming and the end of life on Earth ; global destruction. [from 19th c.] ( Christianity ) Book of Revelation .A disaster ; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin. [from 19th c.]
A nuclear apocalypse would have been possible if tensions went out of control during the Cuban Missile Crisis . 1981 William Irwin Thompson , The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture , London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 180 :Man has forgotten the soul and thus doomed his civilization to apocalypse .
2009 Diarmaid MacCulloch , A History of Christianity , Penguin, published 2010 , page 699 :The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse .
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revealing or revelation
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ ( gilyana )
Belarusian: апака́ліпсіс m ( apakálipsis ) , адкрыццё n ( adkryccjó )
Bulgarian: апокали́псис (bg) m ( apokalípsis ) , открове́ние (bg) n ( otkrovénie )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 啟示 ／ 启示 (zh) ( qǐshì )
Czech: apokalypsa (cs) f zjevení (cs) f
Danish: apokalypse c åbenbaring c
Estonian: ilmutus
Finnish: ilmestys (fi)
French: apocalypse (fr) f
Galician: apocalipse f
German: Apokalypse (de) f
Greek: αποκάλυψη (el) f ( apokálypsi )
Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις f ( apokálupsis )
Guaraní: tembiechaukakue
Hindi: कश्फ (hi) m ( kaśph ) , कश्फ़ m ( kaśf )
Hungarian: apokalipszis (hu)
Indonesian: wahyu (id)
Japanese: 黙示 (ja) ( もくし, mokushi, もくじ, mokuji )
Korean: 묵시(默示) (ko) ( muksi )
Latin: apocalypsis f
Macedonian: откровение n ( otkrovenie )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: apokalypse (no) m
Nynorsk: apokalypse m
Polish: apokalipsa (pl) , objawienie (pl) n
Portuguese: apocalipse (pt) m
Romanian: apocalipsă (ro) f
Russian: апока́липсис (ru) m ( apokálipsis ) , открове́ние (ru) n ( otkrovénije )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: апокалѝпса f открове́ње n о̏бјава f
Roman: apokalìpsa (sh) f otkrovénje (sh) n ȍbjava (sh) f
Slovak: apokalypsa (sk) f zjavenie n
Slovene: apokalipsa (sl) f razodetje (sl) n odkritje (sl) n
Tagalog: hulawat
Ukrainian: апока́ліпсис (uk) m ( apokálipsys ) , відкриття́ n ( vidkryttjá ) , одкрове́ння n ( odkrovénnja )
Urdu: کَشْف m ( kašf )
end of the world
Arabic: الْقِيَامَة f ( al-qiyāma ) , نِهَايَةُ الْعَالَم f ( nihāyatu l-ʕālam )
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ ( gilyana )
Belarusian: апака́ліпсіс m ( apakálipsis )
Bulgarian: апокали́псис (bg) m ( apokalípsis )
Burmese: ကမ္ဘာပျက်ခြင်း ( kambha-pyakhkrang: )
Catalan: apocalipsi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 世界末日 (zh) ( shìjiè mòrì )
Czech: apokalypsa (cs) f
Danish: apokalypse c dommedag c
Estonian: apokalüpsis
Finnish: maailmanloppu (fi) , apokalypsi (fi)
French: apocalypse (fr) f
Galician: Apocalipse m
German: Apokalypse (de) f
Hebrew: אחרית הימים f ( aḥarít hayamím ) , אַפּוֹקַלִיפְּסָה (he) f ( apokalípsa )
Hindi: संक्षय (hi) m ( saṅkṣay ) , क़यामत f ( qayāmat )
Hungarian: apokalipszis (hu)
Indonesian: kiamat (id)
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
Persian: آخرالزمان (fa) ( âxar-oz-zamân ) , قیامت (fa) ( qiyâmat )
Polish: apokalipsa (pl) f
Portuguese: apocalipse (pt) f
Russian: апока́липсис (ru) m ( apokálipsis )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: апокалѝпса f открове́ње n о̏бјава f
Roman: apokalìpsa (sh) f otkrovénje (sh) n ȍbjava (sh) f
Slovak: apokalypsa (sk) f
Spanish: apocalipsis m
Swedish: apokalyps (sv) c
Tagalog: hulawat
Turkish: kıyamet (tr)
Ukrainian: апока́ліпсис (uk) m ( apokálipsys )
Urdu: قیامت f ( qayāmat )
cataclysmic event
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ ( gilyana )
Belarusian: апака́ліпсіс m ( apakálipsis )
Bulgarian: апокали́псис (bg) m ( apokalípsis )
Catalan: apocalipsi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大災難 ／ 大灾难 ( dàzāinàn )
Danish: apokalypse c dommedag c
Estonian: apokalüpsis
Finnish: maailmanloppu (fi) , tuomiopäivä (fi) , apokalypsi (fi)
French: apocalypse (fr) f
Galician: apocalipse m
German: Apokalypse (de) f
Hindi: संक्षय (hi) m ( saṅkṣay )
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
Russian: апока́липсис (ru) m ( apokálipsis )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: апокалѝпса f открове́ње n о̏бјава f
Roman: apokalìpsa (sh) f otkrovénje (sh) n ȍbjava (sh) f
Swedish: domedag (sv) m
Tagalog: hulawat
Ukrainian: апока́ліпсис (uk) m ( apokálipsys )
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