prédestiné
French, adjective
prédestiné is spelled P-R-É-D-E-S-T-I-N-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prédestiné is a French adjective meaning “predestined” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of prédestiner. With an accent, prédestine is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Que Dieu a destiné à la gloire éternelle”.
What does prédestiné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
predestined
verb
- 1
past participle of prédestiner
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que Dieu a destiné à la gloire éternelle.
noun: 1. Personne que Dieu a destiné à la gloire éternelle. 2. Personnage dont le destin est tracé.
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 prédestiné
- prédestinée feminine
- prédestinés masculine plural
- prédestinées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to prédestiné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prédestiné in French?
prédestiné appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).