cataclysm

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• /ˈkætəˌklɪzm̩/
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From French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”), from κατακλύζω (kataklúzō, “to dash over, flood, deluge, inundate”), from κατά (katá, “downwards, towards”) + κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash off, to wash away, to dash over”).

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կատակլիզմ (kataklizm) — sudden, violent event
• Belarusian: катаклі́зм (kataklízm) — sudden, violent event
• Catalan: cataclisme — sudden, violent event
• Chinese Mandarin: 激變 /激变 (jībiàn) — sudden, violent event
• Czech: kataklyzma — sudden, violent event
• Esperanto: kataklismo — sudden, violent event
• Finnish: mullistus — sudden, violent event
• French: cataclysme — sudden, violent event
• Galician: cataclismo — sudden, violent event
• Georgian: კატაკლიზმა (ḳaṭaḳlizma) — sudden, violent event
• German: katastrophales Ereignis — sudden, violent event
• German: Kataklysmus — sudden, violent event
• Greek: κατακλυσμός (kataklysmós) — sudden, violent event
• Italian: cataclisma — sudden, violent event
• Japanese: 激変 (gekihen) — sudden, violent event
• Macedonian: катакли́зма (kataklízma) — sudden, violent event
• Manx: coleaystey mooar — sudden, violent event
• Polish: kataklizm — sudden, violent event
• Portuguese: cataclisma — sudden, violent event
• Romanian: cataclism — sudden, violent event
• Russian: катакли́зм (kataklízm) — sudden, violent event
• Serbo-Croatian: катаклизма — sudden, violent event
• Serbo-Croatian: kataklizma — sudden, violent event
• Swedish: kataklysm — sudden, violent event
• Ukrainian: катаклі́зм (kataklízm) — sudden, violent event
• Urdu: قیامت (qayamat) — sudden, violent event
• Armenian: կատակլիզմ (kataklizm) — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• Catalan: cataclisme — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• Finnish: kataklysmi — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• Finnish: luonnonmullistus — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• Galician: cataclismo — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• German: Kataklysmus — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• Japanese: 激変 (gekihen) — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• Macedonian: катакли́зма (kataklízma) — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• Romanian: cataclism — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• Russian: катакли́зм (kataklízm) — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• Spanish: cataclismo — sudden and violent change in the earth's crust
• Armenian: հեղեղում (heġeġum) — great flood
• Finnish: suurtulva — great flood
• Japanese: 大洪水 (daikōzui) — great flood
• Macedonian: по́топ (pótop) — great flood
• Romanian: inundație — great flood
• Romanian: potop — great flood
• Russian: пото́п (potóp) — great flood