name · noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹæpt͡ʃəː/
Australian, Received-Pronunciation:[ˈɹwæpt͡ʃəː]
New-Zealand:/ˈɹɛptʃɘː/
New-Zealand:[ˈɹwɛ̞pt͡ʃɘː]
General-American:/ˈɹæpt͡ʃɚ/
General-American:[ˈɹwæpt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈɹwæpt͡ʃɹ̩]
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rhymes with -æptʃə(ɹ)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
They went into raptures about the meal they'd had.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of Rapture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The act of kidnapping or abducting, especially the forceful carrying off of a woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Rape; ravishment; sexual violation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
The act of carrying, conveying, transporting or sweeping along by force of movement; the force of such movement; the fact of being carried along by such movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To experience great happiness or excitement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
verb
Meaning 10
To take (someone) off the Earth and bring (them) to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 11
To take part in the Rapture; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
verb
Meaning 12
To state (something, transitive) or talk (intransitive) rapturously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
noun
Meaning 13
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion- Charles Dickens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ecstasy, transport, exaltation, raptus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emotional state, spirit
14
noun
Meaning 14
a state of elated bliss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ecstasy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
rapte
— gathering up of believers in end times
Catalan:
arravatament
— gathering up of believers in end times
Chinese Mandarin:
被提
(bèití)
— gathering up of believers in end times
Dutch:
verrukking
— gathering up of believers in end times
Dutch:
wegvoering
— gathering up of believers in end times
Finnish:
ylöstempaus
— gathering up of believers in end times
French:
ravissement
— gathering up of believers in end times
French:
enlèvement
— gathering up of believers in end times
Galician:
arranque
— gathering up of believers in end times
Galician:
arrautada
— gathering up of believers in end times
Galician:
arreutada
— gathering up of believers in end times
Galician:
arreuto
— gathering up of believers in end times
Galician:
arrebato
— gathering up of believers in end times
Galician:
arroutada
— gathering up of believers in end times
Galician:
arrouto
— gathering up of believers in end times
Galician:
rauto
— gathering up of believers in end times
German:
Entrückung
— gathering up of believers in end times
Greek:
αναρπαγή
(anarpagí)
— gathering up of believers in end times
Hebrew:
התלהבות
(hitlahavút)
— gathering up of believers in end times
Hebrew:
סוף העידן
(sof ha'idán)
— gathering up of believers in end times
Icelandic:
burthrifning
— gathering up of believers in end times
Italian:
rapimento
— gathering up of believers in end times
Italian:
estasi
— gathering up of believers in end times
Japanese:
携挙
(keikyo)
— gathering up of believers in end times
Portuguese:
arrebatamento
— gathering up of believers in end times
Romanian:
răpirea
— gathering up of believers in end times
Russian:
восхищение
(vosxiščenije)
— gathering up of believers in end times
Spanish:
arrebatamiento
— gathering up of believers in end times
Spanish:
rapto
— gathering up of believers in end times
Spanish:
arrebato
— gathering up of believers in end times
Swedish:
uppryckande
— gathering up of believers in end times
Arabic:
طَرَب
(ṭarab)
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Arabic:
نَشْوَة
(našwa)
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Bulgarian:
възторг
(vǎztorg)
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Bulgarian:
екстаз
(ekstaz)
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Danish:
henrykkelse
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Dutch:
verrukking fvervoering fextase
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Finnish:
hurmos
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Finnish:
hurmio
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
French:
ravissement
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
German:
Ekstase
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
German:
Taumel
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
German:
Verzückung
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
German:
Entzücken
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
German:
Überschwänglichkeit
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
German:
Hingerissenheit
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
German:
Begeisterung
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
German:
Rausch
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
German:
Trance
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Greek:
έκσταση
(ékstasi)
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Hungarian:
elragadtatás
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Hungarian:
rajongás
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Hungarian:
csodálat
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Icelandic:
algleymi
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Icelandic:
hrifning
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Icelandic:
sæluvíma
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Middle English:
traunce
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Norwegian Bokmål:
henrykkelse
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Occitan:
rabiment
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Russian:
восто́рг
(vostórg)
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Russian:
упое́ние
(upojénije)
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Spanish:
éxtasis
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Spanish:
arrobamiento
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Spanish:
embelesamiento
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Spanish:
arrebato
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Spanish:
embeleso
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Spanish:
arrobo
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Spanish:
gozo
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Spanish:
gozamiento
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Spanish:
gozadera
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Spanish:
arrebatamiento
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Swedish:
hänförelse
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Swedish:
hänryckning
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Turkish:
coşku
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
Ottoman Turkish:
وجدان
(vicdan)
— extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
