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10 Language-to-English DictionariesApokalypse
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Apokalypse
"Die Menschheit stand kurz vor der Apokalypse."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale.
"The movie depicts a nuclear apocalypse and its aftermath."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Old English (denoting the Biblical book of Revelation), from Old French apocalips, via late Latin from Greek apokalypsis, from apokalyptein 'uncover, reveal', from apo- 'un-' + kalyptein 'to hide'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Apocalypse" is said worldwide
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apocalypse
Transliteration: apocalypse
"Le film raconte l'histoire d'une apocalypse zombie."
Apokalypse
Transliteration: Apokalypse
"Die Menschheit stand kurz vor der Apokalypse."
apocalisse
Transliteration: apocalisse
"Molti temono un'apocalisse nucleare."
apocalipsis
Transliteration: apocalipsis
"Sobrevivieron al apocalipsis zombie."
apocalipse
Transliteration: apocalipse
"O livro descreve o fim do mundo como um apocalipse."
प्रलय
Transliteration: pralay
"वैज्ञानिकों का मानना है कि एक दिन पृथ्वी पर प्रलय आ सकती है।"
天启
Transliteration: tiān qì
"这部电影描绘了世界末日的景象。"
종말
Transliteration: jongmal
"그들은 핵전쟁 이후의 종말에서 살아남았다."
黙示録
Transliteration: mokushiroku
"その映画は世界の黙示録を描いている。"
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