doomsday

English

Alternative forms

• domesday (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (“judgment”) + dæg (“day”). Equivalent to doom +‎ -s- +‎ day. Possibly influenced by Latin domus dei (“house of God”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːmz.deɪ/

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• Rhymes: -uːmzdeɪ
• Hyphenation: dooms‧day

Noun

doomsday (countable and uncountable, plural doomsdays)

1. The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.
2. Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
3. Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
4. Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.

Synonyms

• apocalypse
• Armageddon
• day of doom
• end times
• eschaton
• Final Judgment
• judgement day

 

Derived terms

• doomsday device
• doomsday plane
• till doomsday

 

Translations

day when God is expected to judge the world

• Albanian: kiamet (sq) m, dita e Gjykimit f
• Arabic: يَوْم الْقِيَامَة m (yawm al-qiyāma), يَوْم الْحِسَاب m (yawm al-ḥisāb)
• Assamese: কিয়ামত (kiamot)
• Bashkir: ҡиәмәт көнө (qiəmət könö); (end of the world) ахырызаман (axırızaman)
• Belarusian: су́дны дзень m (súdny dzjenʹ), стра́шны суд m (strášny sud)
• Bengali: কেয়ামত (bn) (keẏamot)
• Bulgarian: стра́шен съд m (strášen sǎd), съ́ден ден m (sǎ́den den)
• Burmese: တရားစီရင်မည့်နေ့ (ta.ra:cirangmany.ne.)
• Catalan: Judici Final m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 末日 (zh) (mòrì), 世界末日 (zh) (shìjiè mòrì)

• Czech: soudný den m
• Danish: dommedag c
• Estonian: viimnepäev
• Finnish: tuomiopäivä (fi)
• French: jour du Jugement dernier m, jugement dernier (fr) m
• German: Tag des Jüngsten Gerichts m, Jüngster Tag m, Jüngstes Gericht (de) n
• Greek: ημέρα της Κρίσεως f (iméra tis Kríseos), Δευτέρα Παρουσία f (Deftéra Parousía)
• Hebrew: יוֹם הַדִּין (he) m (yom ha'din)
• Hindi: क़यामत m (qayāmat)
• Hungarian: végítélet (hu), utolsó ítélet
• Indonesian: hari kiamat (id)
• Italian: giorno del giudizio universale m, giudizio universale
• Japanese: ドームズデー (dōmuzudē), 終わりの時 (おわりのとき, owari no toki)
• Kazakh: заманақыр (zamanaqyr), ақырзаман (aqyrzaman)
• Macedonian: су́ден ден m (súden den), стра́шен суд m (strášen sud)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dommedag m

  Nynorsk: dommedag m, domedag m

• Occitan: Jutjament Darrièr, Judici Final m
• Persian: روز حساب (ruz-e hesâb)
• Polish: Dzień Sądu Ostatecznego m, sąd ostateczny m
• Portuguese: dia do Juízo Final m
• Russian: су́дный день m (súdnyj denʹ), день стра́шного суда́ m (denʹ strášnovo sudá), (end of the world) коне́ц све́та (ru) m (konéc svéta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: суднји дан m, страшни суд m

  Roman: sudnji dan m, strašni sud m

• Slovak: súdny deň m
• Slovene: sodni dan (sl) m
• Spanish: día del Juicio Final m, apocalipsis m, armagedón m
• Swedish: domedag (sv) c
• Tamil: ஊழிநாள் (ūḻināḷ)
• Turkish: kıyamet günü (tr)
• Ukrainian: су́дний день m (súdnyj denʹ), страшни́й суд m (strašnýj sud)
• Urdu: قیامت m (qayāmat)
• Vietnamese: ngày tận thế

any day of decisive judgement

• Assamese: কিয়ামত (kiamot)
• Danish: dommedag c
• Finnish: tuomiopäivä (fi)
• German: Tag des Jüngsten Gerichts m
• Hindi: क़यामत m (qayāmat)
• Macedonian: су́ден ден m (súden den)
• Middle English: domesday
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dommedag m

  Nynorsk: dommedag m, domedag m

• Occitan: fin (oc) f, jutjament final m
• Russian: су́дный день m (súdnyj denʹ)
• Urdu: قیامت m (qayāmat)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: (1-3) ^{(please verify)} jour du Jugement dernier
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} Dómsdagur

Adjective

doomsday (not comparable)

1. Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
2. Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 867:

     The Sages chose to end the haftarah with this message of hope, in contrast to the episode's last verse with its doomsday warning that "if you persist in your wrongdoing, both you and your king shall be swept away."

3. Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective "doomsday"

• Domesday Book
• doomsday algorithm
• doomsday argument
• doomsday bomb
• Doomsday Clock
• doomsday cult
• doomsday event
• Doomsday Glacier
• doomsday machine
• doomsday method
• doomsday rule
• doomsday scenario
• doomsday weapon