destination

See also: Destination

English

Etymology

From Latin dēstinātiō, from dēstinō (“to destine”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

destination (countable and uncountable, plural destinations)

1. (countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

   arrive at your destination

2. (archaic) The act of destining or appointing.
3. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.

Usage notes

• Often used attributively to indicate desirability, as in a destination resort (a resort that is a fine, desirable destination) or destination wedding.

Derived terms

• destinational
• destination board
• destination fee
• destinationless
• destination wedding
• ecodestination
• final destination
• multidestination
• nondestination
• tourist destination

Related terms

• destinate
• destine
• destiny

Translations

the act of destining or appointing

• Bulgarian: назначе́ние (bg) n (naznačénie)
• Dutch: bestemming (nl) f
• French: destination (fr) f, destinée (fr) f
• Galician: destino m
• German: Bestimmung (de) f
• Italian: destino (it), destinazione (it) f
• Romanian: destinare (ro) f
• Russian: назначе́ние (ru) n (naznačénije)
• Spanish: destinación f, destinamiento m
• Ukrainian: призна́чення (uk) (pryznáčennja)

purpose for which anything is destined

• Bulgarian: предназначе́ние (bg) n (prednaznačénie), цел (bg) f (cel)
• Danish: bestemmelsessted n
• Italian: destinazione (it)
• Romanian: destinație (ro) f
• Russian: предназначе́ние (ru) n (prednaznačénije), назначе́ние (ru) n (naznačénije), фа́тум (ru) m (fátum) (literary)
• Spanish: destino (es) m, destinación f
• Ukrainian: призна́чення (uk) n (pryznáčennja)

the place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent

• Arabic: وجهة f (wihja / wuhja)
• Bengali: মকসদ (bn) (mokśod), গন্তব্যস্থল (bn) (gontobbosthol)
• Bulgarian: местоназначе́ние (bg) n (mestonaznačénie)
• Catalan: destinació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 目的地 (zh) (mùdìdì)

• Czech: destinace (cs) f
• Danish: destination c, rejsemål n
• Dutch: bestemming (nl)
• Esperanto: celloko
• Finnish: määränpää (fi), matkakohde, kohde (fi)
• French: destination (fr) f, arrivée (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Reiseziel (de) n, Bestimmungsort (de) m
• Greek: προορισμός (el) m (proorismós)
• Hebrew: יַעַד (he) m (yá'ad)
• Hindi: गंतव्य (hi) m (gantavya), मंज़िल f (manzil), ठिकाना (hi) m (ṭhikānā)
• Hungarian: úti cél (hu), célpont (hu), desztináció (hu)
• Icelandic: áfangastaður (is) m
• Indonesian: destinasi (id)
• Italian: destinazione (it) f, meta (it), traguardo (it)
• Japanese: 目的地 (ja) (もくてきち, mokutekichi)
• Khmer: គម្យស្ថាន (kĕəʼmyĕəʼsthaan)
• Korean: 목적지(目的地) (ko) (mokjeokji)
• Latin: fatum, fatum n, dēstinātiō f
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: ūnga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: зорьсон газар (mn) (zorʹson gazar)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: destinasjon m, reisemål n

  Nynorsk: destinasjon m, reisemål n

• Ottoman Turkish: مورد (mevrid)
• Polish: cel (pl) m
• Portuguese: destino (pt) m
• Romanian: destinație (ro) f
• Russian: ме́сто назначе́ния n (mésto naznačénija), пункт назначе́ния m (punkt naznačénija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: odredište (sh) n, destinacija (sh) f

• Spanish: destino (es) m, destinación f
• Swedish: resmål (sv) n (for travel), mål (sv) n, destination (sv) c
• Telugu: గమ్యస్థానం (gamyasthānaṁ)
• Thai: จุดหมาย (th) (jùt-mǎai), จุดหมายปลายทาง (jùt-mǎai-bplaai-taang)
• Tibetan: འགྲོ་ས ('gro sa), ཕེབས་ས (phebs sa)
• Ukrainian: пункт призна́чення m (punkt pryznáčennja)
• Vietnamese: điểm đến, đích (vi), nơi gửi

Anagrams

• stannoidite

Danish

Noun

destination c (singular definite destinationen, plural indefinite destinationer)

1. destination

Declension

Declension of destination

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	destination	destinationen	destinationer	destinationerne
genitive	destinations	destinationens	destinationers	destinationernes

Further reading

• “destination” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

destination f (plural destinations)

1. destination

Further reading

• “destination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

destination c

1. a destination (especially for a ship or airplane)

Declension

Declension of destination

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	destination	destinations
	definite	destinationen	destinationens
plural	indefinite	destinationer	destinationers
	definite	destinationerna	destinationernas

See also

• resmål

References

• destination in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• destination in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• destination in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)