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.

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

Related terms

• destinate
• destine
• destiny

Translations

the act of destining or appointing

• Bulgarian: назначение (bg) n (naznačenie)
• Galician: destino m
• Italian: destino (it)
• 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)
• Ukrainian: призна́чення (uk) (pryznáčennja)

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

• 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)
• Icelandic: áfangastaður (is) m
• Italian: destinazione (it) f, meta (it), traguardo (it)
• Japanese: 目的地 (もくてきち, mokutekichi)
• Khmer: គម្យស្ថាន (kĕəʼmyĕəʼsthaan)
• Korean: 목적지 (ko) (mokjeokji)

• Latin: fatum, fatum n, dēstinātiō f
• Maori: ūnga
• Mongolian: зорьсон газар (mn) (zorison gazar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: destinasjon m, reisemål n

  Nynorsk: destinasjon m, reisemål n

• 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 (gamyasthānaṃ)
• 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/

• Audio

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Noun

destination f (plural destinations)

1. destination

Further reading

• “destination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).