apocalips
Middle English
Alternative forms
- apocalipce, apocalyppys, apochalipse, appocalipse, appocalyppece, apocalyppez, apokalypsis, apocalipse
Etymology
From Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈpɔkalips(ə)/, /əˈpɔkalips(ə)/, /aˈpɔkalipsis/
Noun
apocalips (uncountable)
- The book of Revelation (the last book of the New Testament)
- (rare) The biblical Apocalypse; the events of the book of Revelation.
- (rare) A revelation or trance.
Usage notes
Apocalips was the usual name for the last book of the New Testament in Middle English.
Descendants
- English: apocalypse, Apocalypse (spelling remodelled after Latin)
References
- “apocalips(e, -yp(p)es, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 September 2018.
Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French apocalypse, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [apokaˈlips]
Noun
apocalips n (plural apocalipse)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | apocalips | apocalipsul | apocalipse | apocalipsele |
| genitive-dative | apocalips | apocalipsului | apocalipse | apocalipselor |
| vocative | apocalipsule | apocalipselor | ||
Derived terms
References
- “apocalips”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026