apocalypse

Signification (Anglais)

1. A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
2. A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
3. The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
4. The Book of Revelation.

Concepts

apocalypse

Apocalypse

révélation

fin du monde

Synonymes

revelation

inspiration

Revelation

enlightenment

end of the world

exposure

the

theophany

vision

Apocalypse

Book of Revelation

divine revelation

epiphany

Last Judgment

Revelation of Saint John the Divine

pralaya

Apocalypse of John

Apocalypse of St. John

apparition

Book of the Revelation of John

breath

catastrophe

disclosure

Traductions

apocalisse

apocalipsis

apocalipse

Apokalypse

αποκάλυψη

apocalipsi

kıyamet

Offenbarung

keşif

apocalyps

Weltuntergang

openbaring

Buch der Offenbarung

Johannesapokalypse

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈpɒkəlɪps/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: apocalips

In summary

From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”, literally “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.

Phrases

Experts of geology agree: Yesterday's tsunami was just a herald of the imminent apocalypse .

Les experts de la géologie sont d'accord: le tsunami d'hier n'était qu'un héraut de l'apocalypse imminente.