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Apocalypse Pronunciation

Apocalypse is pronounced uh-PAH-kuh-lips, IPA /əˈpɑkəˌlɪps/.

uh-PAH-kuh-lips

US /əˈpɑkəˌlɪps/  ·  UK /əˈpɒkəˌlɪps/

Syllables: uh · PAH · kuh · lips (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)

noun: The end of the world, or any catastrophe on that scale.

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Apocalypse in a Sentence

  • The film imagines an apocalypse brought on by drought.
  • Every generation expects its own apocalypse.
  • Bookshops were full of apocalypse novels that year.

Common Mispronunciations of Apocalypse

Not a-puh-KA-lips

The loud part is the second one, PAH, and the y after it reduces to a quick uh. Moving the beat back mirrors the adjective apocalyptic, where it really does sit later.

Not uh-PAH-kuh-lyps

The final syllable is the word lips, with a short i. A long eye there is drawn from apocalyptic by analogy.

Tip: The noun and the adjective put the beat in different places: uh-PAH-kuh-lips against uh-pah-kuh-LIP-tik.

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