What does destin in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word destin in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use destin in French.

The word destin in French means destiny, fate, fortune, destiny, fate, fortune, prospect, destiny, future, futurity, life's knocks, life's hard knocks, gruesome fate, gruesome end, preordained destiny, have control over your destiny, force the hand of destiny, force the hand of fate. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word destin

destiny, fate, fortune

nom masculin (destinée, fatalité)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le destin voulut qu'il fût le seul survivant de cet accident.
Fate chose that he should be the sole survivor of the accident.

destiny, fate, fortune, prospect

nom masculin (sort, existence)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
On a toujours son destin entre les mains.
Our destiny is always in our own hands.

destiny, future, futurity

nom masculin (avenir)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nul ne connaissait le destin de cet apprenti charpentier.
Nobody knew the destiny of that apprentice carpenter.

life's knocks, life's hard knocks

nom masculin (difficulté inhérente à la vie)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Malgré les coups du destin, Mathieu a toujours gardé sa bonhommie.

gruesome fate, gruesome end

nom masculin (fin macabre, malheureuse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cléopâtre eut un destin funeste.

preordained destiny

nom masculin (avenir logique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

have control over your destiny

locution verbale (être indépendant)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

force the hand of destiny, force the hand of fate

locution verbale (oser faire [qch], provoquer la chance)

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