fateful

English

Etymology

From fate +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪtfəl/

Adjective

fateful (comparative more fateful, superlative most fateful)

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

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

2. Determined in advance by fate, fated.

Derived terms

• fatefully

Translations

momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate

• Bulgarian: съдбоносен (bg) (sǎdbonosen), съдбовен (bg) (sǎdboven)
• Danish: skæbnesvanger
• Dutch: noodlottig (nl)
• Finnish: kohtalokas
• French: décisif (fr)
• German: schicksalhaft, verhängnisvoll
• Italian: fatidico (it) m
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• Latin: fatidicus, fatidicus m, fatidicum n
• Maori: aituā
• Portuguese: fatídico (pt)
• Russian: роково́й (ru) (rokovój), судьбоно́сный (ru) (sudʹbonósnyj)
• Spanish: funesto (es)
• Swedish: ödesdiger (sv)

determined in advance by fate, fated

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