destination
French, noun/dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃/
destination is spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written French, the 2,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destination is a French feminine noun meaning “destination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Emploi auquel une personne ou une chose doit être affectée ou usage qu’on en peut faire”.
What does destination mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedestination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Emploi auquel une personne ou une chose doit être affectée ou usage qu’on en peut faire. 2. Lieu où l’on doit se rendre ; lieu où une chose est envoyée, expédiée ; la détermination ou l'adresse de ce lieu.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of destination
- destinations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destination?
- /dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃/
- \dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\
- [dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to destination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destination in French?
destination appears 27 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).