Standard Lemma guide

Armageddon

name · noun · 8 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɑː.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈɡɛ.dən/
  • General-American: /ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/
  • General-American: /-ˈɡɛ.dən/
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  • rhymes with -ɛdən
  • UK: /ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/
  • UK: /-ˈɡɛ.dən/
  • UK: /ɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛd.ʔn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/
  • US: /-ˈɡɛ.dən/
  • US: [ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛɾ.ʔn]
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AA2 R M AH0 G EH1 D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity, Islam, lifestyle, religion

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2

name

Meaning 2

The battle itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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3

name

Meaning 3

Any end of the world, especially by way of a cataclysmic battle or something analogous to one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Any great and crucial conflict.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 6

A type of game, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: board-games, chess, games

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7

noun

Meaning 7

any catastrophically destructive battle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they called the first World War an Armageddon

Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: battle, conflict, fight, engagement

8

noun

Meaning 8

(New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field

History

Etymology

From Middle English Hermagedon, from Old English Ermagedon, from Latin Harmagedōn, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών (Harmagedṓn), used in Revelation 16:16, referring to Mount Megiddo, the place of the last battle at the Last Judgment; from Hebrew הר מגידו / הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har megiddo).

A generalization of Armageddon.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَرْمَجَدُّون (harmajaddūn) — site
  • Arabic: أَرْمَجِدُون (ʔarmajidūn) — site
  • Arabic: أَرْمَجِدُون (ʔarmagidūn) — site
  • Catalan: Harmagedon — site
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈米吉多頓 /哈米吉多顿 (Hāmǐjíduōdùn) — site
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿瑪革冬 /阿玛革冬 (Āmǎgédōng) — site
  • Danish: Armageddon — site
  • Finnish: Harmageddon — site
  • French: Armageddon — site
  • Friulian: Armageddon — site
  • German: Harmagedon — site
  • Greek: Αρμαγεδδώνας (Armageddónas) — site
  • Ancient Greek: Ἁρμαγεδών (Harmagedṓn) — site
  • Hebrew: הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har Məgiddô) — site
  • Hindi: हरमगिदोन (harmagidon) — site
  • Icelandic: Harmagedón — site
  • Indonesian: Harmagedon — site
  • Irish: Harmagadón — site
  • Italian: Armageddon — site
  • Japanese: ハルマゲドン (Harumagedon) — site
  • Japanese: アルマゲドン (Arumagedon) — site
  • Korean: 하르마게돈 (Hareumagedon) — site
  • Korean: 아마겟돈 (amagetdon) — site
  • Northern Kurdish: Harmegedon — site
  • Latin: Harmagedōn — site
  • Malayalam: അർമ്മഗദോൻ (aṟmmagadōṉ) — site
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Harmageddon — site
  • Persian: آرماگدون (ârmâgedon) — site
  • Polish: Armagedon — site
  • Portuguese: Armagedão — site
  • Portuguese: Armagedom — site
  • Russian: Армагеддо́н (Armageddón) — site
  • Scottish Gaelic: Armagedon — site
  • Spanish: Armagedón — site
  • Swedish: Harmagedon — site
  • Swedish: harmageddon — site
  • Turkish: Armageddon — site
  • Ukrainian: Армагеддо́н (Armaheddón) — site
  • Ukrainian: Армаґеддо́н (Armageddón) — site
  • Welsh: Armagedon — site
  • Finnish: Harmageddonin taistelu — battle
  • Irish: báire na fola — battle
  • Portuguese: armagedão — The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale
  • Portuguese: armagedom — The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale
  • Spanish: armagedón — The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale
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