fateful

English

Etymology

From fate +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪtfəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪtfəl

Adjective

fateful (comparative more fateful, superlative most fateful)

1. Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.

   Synonyms: consequential, necessary; see also Thesaurus:important

   It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards.

2. Determined in advance by fate, fated.

   Synonyms: foreordained, predestined; see also Thesaurus:fated

Derived terms

• fatefully
• fatefulness
• unfateful

Translations

momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate

• Arabic: حَاسِم (ḥāsim), مَصِيرِيّ (maṣīriyy)
• Azerbaijani: taleyüklü
• Bulgarian: съдбоносен (bg) (sǎdbonosen), съдбовен (bg) (sǎdboven)
• Czech: osudný, osudový (cs)
• Danish: skæbnesvanger
• Dutch: noodlottig (nl)
• Finnish: kohtalokas (fi)
• French: décisif (fr)
• German: schicksalhaft (de), verhängnisvoll
• Italian: fatidico (it)
• Latin: fatidicus
• Māori: aituā
• Polish: doniosły (pl), nieuchronny (pl), rozstrzygający
• Portuguese: fatídico (pt)
• Russian: роково́й (ru) (rokovój), судьбоно́сный (ru) (sudʹbonósnyj)
• Spanish: funesto (es)
• Swedish: ödesdiger (sv)
• Ukrainian: долено́сний (dolenósnyj)

determined in advance by fate, fated

• Bulgarian: предопределен (bg) (predopredelen), неизбежен (bg) (neizbežen)
• French: fatidique (fr)
• German: vorbestimmt (de)
• Latin: fatidicus
• Swedish: ödesbestämd, förutbestämd (sv)