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/dɛstɛ̃/
Translation
fate, destiny
Word origin
A deverbal noun from destiner ('to destine'), from Latin destinare ('to make fast, to determine, to appoint'), from de- plus a root related to stare ('to stand'). The same root gives English 'destiny' and 'destine'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- destinare
- English cognates
- destiny, destine
Grammar
Examples
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No one can escape their fate, so they say.
Cette .
This encounter changed the destiny of his whole family.
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She believes that fate brought them together for a reason.
tragique .
The hero faces a tragic fate at the end of the novel.
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He holds his own destiny in his hands.
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