fateful

English

Etymology

From fate +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪtfəl/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtfəl

Adjective

fateful (comparative more fateful, superlative most fateful)

1. Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.

   It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards.

2. Determined in advance by fate, fated.

Derived terms

• fatefully
• fatefulness

Translations

momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate

• Arabic: حَاسِم (ḥāsim), مَصِيرِيّ (maṣīriyy)
• Azerbaijani: taleyüklü
• Bulgarian: съдбоносен (bg) (sǎdbonosen), съдбовен (bg) (sǎdboven)
• Czech: osudný, osudový (cs)
• Danish: skæbnesvanger
• Dutch: noodlottig (nl)
• Finnish: kohtalokas (fi)
• French: décisif (fr)
• German: schicksalhaft (de), verhängnisvoll
• Italian: fatidico (it) m
• Latin: fatidicus, fatidicus m, fatidicum n
• Maori: aituā
• Portuguese: fatídico (pt)
• Russian: роково́й (ru) (rokovój), судьбоно́сный (ru) (sudʹbonósnyj)
• Spanish: funesto (es)
• Swedish: ödesdiger (sv)
• Ukrainian: долено́сний (dolenósnyj)

determined in advance by fate, fated

• Bulgarian: предопределен (bg) (predopredelen), неизбежен (bg) (neizbežen)
• French: fatidique (fr)
• German: vorbestimmt (de)
• Latin: fatidicus, fatidicum n
• Swedish: ödesbestämd, förutbestämd (sv)