English-Thai Dictionary

apocalypse

N บันทึก ทาง ศาสนา ของ ยิว หรือ คริสเตียน (ระหว่าง ช่วง  200 ปี  ก่อน คริสต ศักราช ถึง ปี คริสต ศักราช ที่  300 ban-thuek-thang-sad-sa-na-khong-yio-rue-khrid-tian

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APOCALYPSE

n.apoc'alyps. [Gr. from to disclose; and to cover. ] Revelation; discovery; disclosure. The name of a book of the New Testament, containing many discoveries or predictions respecting the future state of Christianity, written by St. John, in Patmos, near the close of the first century.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APOCALYPSE

A *poc "a *lypse, n. Etym: [L. apocalypsis, Gr. apocalypse. ]

 

1. The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

 

2. Anything viewed as a revelation; as disclosure. The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

apocalypse

a poc a lypse |əˈpäkəˌlips əˈpɑkəˌlɪps | ▶noun 1 (often the Apocalypse ) the complete final destruction of the world, esp. as described in the biblical book of Revelation. See also Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. • ( the Apocalypse ) (esp. in the Vulgate Bible ) the book of Revelation. 2 an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale: a stock market apocalypse | an era of ecological apocalypse. ORIGIN Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal, ’ from apo- ‘un- ’ + kaluptein ‘to cover. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

apocalypse

apocalypse |əˈpɒkəlɪps | ▶noun 1 (often the Apocalypse ) the complete final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation. • ( the Apocalypse ) (especially in the Vulgate Bible ) the book of Revelation. 2 an event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale: the apocalypse of World War II. PHRASES the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse four allegorical mounted figures, commonly identified as Pestilence (or Conquest ), War, Famine, and Death, whose arrival heralds the end of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation. • used to refer to people or phenomena seen as agents of imminent catastrophe: in 2003, the airline industry survived the four horsemen of the apocalypse. ORIGIN Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal ’, from apo- ‘un- ’ + kaluptein ‘to cover ’.

 

French Dictionary

apocalypse

apocalypse n. f. nom féminin 1 Dernier livre du Nouveau Testament attribué à saint Jean. Note Typographique En ce sens, le nom prend la majuscule. 2 Fin du monde, catastrophe. : Une terrifiante apocalypse. Prononciation Le o est ouvert, [apɔkalips ] Note Orthographique apocal y pse.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

apocalypse

a poc a lypse /əpɑ́kəlɪ̀ps |əpɔ́k -/名詞 1 C 大災害, 大事件 ; 〖the ～〗世界の終わり .2 〖the A- 〗ヨハネの黙示録 (Revelations; ｟略 ｠Apoc. ).3 U 黙示, 啓示 .