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Pronunciation / Transliteration: apogée
"Le concert a atteint son apogée avec la dernière chanson."
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The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination.
"The festival reached its climax with a magnificent fireworks display."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek word klimax, meaning 'ladder' or 'staircase', via Late Latin. The term originally referred to a rhetorical figure in which clauses are arranged in ascending order of intensity, before shifting in the 17th century to denote the most intense, exciting, or important point of something.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Climax" is said worldwide
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apogée
Transliteration: apogée
"Le concert a atteint son apogée avec la dernière chanson."
Höhepunkt
Transliteration: Höhepunkt
"Das Konzert war der absolute Höhepunkt des Festivals."
climax
Transliteration: climax
"La festa ha raggiunto il suo climax a mezzanotte."
clímax
Transliteration: clímax
"La película llega a su clímax en la última escena."
clímax
Transliteration: clímax
"O livro atinge o seu clímax no terceiro capítulo."
चरम
Transliteration: charam
"यह उपन्यास अपने चरम पर पहुँच गया है।"
高潮
Transliteration: gāocháo
"小说在这一章达到了高潮。"
절정
Transliteration: jeoljeong
"이야기는 마지막 장에서 절정에 이른다."
クライマックス
Transliteration: kuraimakkusu
"その映画はクライマックスに向かって盛り上がった。"
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