Colloquial Variant guide

Abaddon

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /əˈbæ.dn̩/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /æbədɒːn/

1

name

Meaning 1

The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: poetic

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, archaic, slang

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History

Etymology

From Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from Late Latin Abaddōn, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓βᾰδδών (Ăbăddṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʔăḇaddōn, “destruction; ruin”), from אבד (ʾāḇaḏ, “to be lost, to perish”).

UK C19. From Abaddon, from Middle English, from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn, “Abaddon”), from Hebrew אבדון (ābaddōn, “destruction, abyss”), from אבד (ābad, “to be lost, to perish”).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اَبَادُون (abadūn) — the destroyer
  • Bengali: শয়তান (śoẏotan) — the destroyer
  • Bengali: অনিষ্টকারী (oniśṭokari) — the destroyer
  • Bulgarian: Ангелът на мрака (Angelǎt na mraka) — the destroyer
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏆᏙᎾ (aquadona) — the destroyer
  • Chinese Cantonese: 亞巴頓 /亚巴顿 (aa3 baa1 deon6) — the destroyer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 亞巴頓 /亚巴顿 (Yàbādùn) — the destroyer
  • Dutch: Apollyon — the destroyer
  • Esperanto: Abadono — the destroyer
  • German: Abaddon — the destroyer
  • Ancient Greek: Ἀβαδδών (Abaddṓn) — the destroyer
  • Hindi: अबद्दोन (abaddon) — the destroyer
  • Irish: Abadón — the destroyer
  • Korean: 아바똔 (abatton) — the destroyer
  • Latin: Abaddōn — the destroyer
  • Old English: Āwēstend — the destroyer
  • Russian: Аваддо́н (Avaddón) — the destroyer
  • Spanish: Abadón — the destroyer
  • Vietnamese: con quỷ — the destroyer
  • Arabic: جَحِيم (jaḥīm) — Hell
  • Bengali: নরক (norok) — Hell
  • Bulgarian: преизподня (preizpodnja) — Hell
  • Bulgarian: пъкъл (pǎkǎl) — Hell
  • Chinese Cantonese: 亞巴頓 /亚巴顿 (aa3 baa1 deon6) — Hell
  • Chinese Mandarin: 亞巴頓 /亚巴顿 (Yàbādùn) — Hell
  • Dutch: de hel (diepten der) — Hell
  • German: Abaddon — Hell
  • Spanish: Abadón — Hell
  • Vietnamese: địa ngục — Hell
  • Vietnamese: âm phủ — Hell
  • Vietnamese: âm ti — Hell