destination

destination

See also: Destination

English

Etymology

From Latin dēstinātiō, from dēstinō (“to destine”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

destination (plural destinations)

1. (archaic) The act of destining or appointing.
2. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
3. The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

   arrive at your destination

Usage notes

• Often used attributively to indicate desirability, as in a destination resort (a resort that is a fine, desirable destination) or destination wedding.

Derived terms

• destination board
• destination wedding
• final destination
• tourist destination

Related terms

• destinate
• destine
• destiny

Translations

the act of destining or appointing

Bulgarian: назначение (bg) n (naznačenie) Dutch: bestemming (nl) f French: destination (fr) f, destinée (fr) f Galician: destino m German: Bestimmung (de) f Italian: destino (it), destinazione (it) f Romanian: destinare (ro) f Russian: назначе́ние (ru) n (naznačénije) Spanish: destino (es) m Ukrainian: призна́чення (uk) (pryznáčennja)

purpose for which anything is destined

Bulgarian: предназначе́ние (bg) n (prednaznačénie), цел (bg) f (cel) Danish: bestemmelsessted n Italian: destinazione (it) Romanian: destinație (ro) f Russian: предназначе́ние (ru) n (prednaznačénije), назначе́ние (ru) n (naznačénije), фатум (ru) m (fatum) (literary) Ukrainian: призна́чення (uk) (pryznáčennja)

the place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent

Bengali: মকসদ (bn) (môkôsôdô) Bulgarian: местоназначе́ние (bg) n (mestonaznačénie) Catalan: destinació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 目的地 (zh) (mùdìdì) Czech: destinace (cs) f Danish: destination c, rejsemål n Dutch: bestemming (nl) Esperanto: celloko Finnish: määränpää (fi), matkakohde, kohde (fi) French: destination (fr) f, arrivée (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Reiseziel (de) n, Bestimmungsort (de) m Greek: προορισμός (el) m (proorismós) (proorismós) Hebrew: יעד‎ (he) m (yá'ad) Hungarian: úti cél (hu), célpont (hu), desztináció Icelandic: áfangastaður (is) m Indonesian: destinasi (id) Italian: destinazione (it) f, meta (it), traguardo (it) Japanese: 目的地 (ja) (もくてきち, mokutekichi) Khmer: គម្យស្ថាន (kĕəʼmyĕəʼsthaan) Korean: 목적지 (ko) (mokjeokji) Latin: fatum, fatum n, dēstinātiō f Malay: please add this translation if you can Maori: ūnga Mongolian: зорьсон газар (mn) (zorʹson gazar) Norwegian: Bokmål: destinasjon m, reisemål n Nynorsk: destinasjon m, reisemål n Ottoman Turkish: مورد‎ (mevrid) Polish: cel (pl) m Portuguese: destino (pt) m Romanian: destinație (ro) f Russian: ме́сто назначе́ния n (mésto naznačénija), пункт назначе́ния m (punkt naznačénija) Serbo-Croatian: odredište (sh), destinacija (sh) Spanish: destino (es) m Swedish: mål (sv) n, destination (sv) c Telugu: గమ్యస్థానం (gamyasthānaṁ) Thai: จุดหมาย (th) (jùt-mǎai), จุดหมายปลายทาง (jùt-mǎai-bplaai-taang) Tibetan: འགྲོ་ས ('gro sa), ཕེབས་ས (phebs sa) Ukrainian: пункт призна́чення (punkt pryznáčennja)

Anagrams

• stannoidite

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

destination f (plural destinations)

1. destination

Further reading

• “destination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.