destinée
French, noun/dɛs.ti.ne/
destinée is spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-É-E (8 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,526th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destinée is a French feminine noun meaning “destiny, fate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of destiné. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Destin particulier d’une personne ou d’une chose”.
What does destinée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedestiny, fate
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of destiné
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Destin particulier d’une personne ou d’une chose. 2. Puissance suprême qui règle le cours des choses. 3. Vie ; existence.
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 destinée
- destinées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destinée?
- /dɛs.ti.ne/
- \dɛs.ti.ne\
- [dɛs.ti.ne]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to destinée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destinée in French?
destinée appears 22 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).