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destin

French → English

noun//dɛs.tɛ̃//

(inevitable) Fate: the events that will inevitably happen to someone; destiny

Il venait de songer à l’injustice irrationnelle du destin.

(English) He had just been thinking about the irrational injustice of fate.

Fouquet a dû croire que tout s’achète, même le destin.

(English) Fouquet must have believed that everything can be bought, even destiny.

noun//dɛs.tɛ̃//

(lifespan) Life: the total course or span of an existence; lifetime

Il a terminé son destin après une longue maladie.

(English) He finished his life path after a long illness.

Trancher le destin de quelqu’un est un acte grave.

(English) Cutting short someone's lifetime is a grave act.

Entry ID: fr:en:destin · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary