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fate

name · noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -eɪt
  • /feɪt/
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1

name

Meaning 1

Any one of the Fates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A personification of fate (the cause that predetermines events).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: destiny, natural order

Antonyms: free will

4

noun

Meaning 4

The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: destiny

Antonyms: accident, chance

6

noun

Meaning 6

Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Accept your fate.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: doom, portion, wyrd

Antonyms: fortune, luck

7

noun

Meaning 7

Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: embryology, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: developmental pathway

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: destiny

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event

Narrower terms: inevitable, karma, kismet, kismat, predestination, doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world

12

noun

Meaning 12

the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we are helpless in the face of destiny

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: destiny

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: causal agent, cause, causal agency

13

noun

Meaning 13

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • whatever my fortune may be
  • deserved a better fate
  • has a happy lot
  • the luck of the Irish
  • a victim of circumstances
  • success that was her portion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fortune, destiny, luck, lot, circumstances, portion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition

Narrower terms: good fortune, luckiness, good luck, providence, misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck, failure

14

verb

Meaning 14

decree or designate beforehand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She was destined to become a great pianist

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: destine, doom, designate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ordain

History

Etymology

From Middle English fate, from Latin fāta (“prediction”), plural of fātum, from fātus (“spoken”), from for (“to speak”). In this sense, displaced native Old English wyrd, whence Modern English weird.

Across languages

Translations

462 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gullmë — that which predetermines events
  • Albanian: fat — that which predetermines events
  • Arabic: قِسْمَة (qisma) — that which predetermines events
  • Arabic: مَصِير (maṣīr) — that which predetermines events
  • Arabic: قَدَر (qadar) — that which predetermines events
  • Arabic: تَقْدِير (taqdīr) — that which predetermines events
  • Arabic: مَصِير (maṣīr) — that which predetermines events
  • Arabic: قَدَر (gadar) — that which predetermines events
  • Arabic: نَصيب (naṣīb) — that which predetermines events
  • Arabic: قِسْمَة (gisma) — that which predetermines events
  • Armenian: ճակատագիր (čakatagir) — that which predetermines events
  • Armenian: բախտ (baxt) — that which predetermines events
  • Aromanian: soarti — that which predetermines events
  • Aromanian: soarte — that which predetermines events
  • Aromanian: lahno — that which predetermines events
  • Aromanian: mirã — that which predetermines events
  • Aromanian: nãfãcã — that which predetermines events
  • Aromanian: scriatã — that which predetermines events
  • Aromanian: tihi — that which predetermines events
  • Aromanian: ursitã — that which predetermines events
  • Azerbaijani: qədər — that which predetermines events
  • Azerbaijani: bəxt — that which predetermines events
  • Azerbaijani: nəsib — that which predetermines events
  • Azerbaijani: tale — that which predetermines events
  • Bashkir: яҙмыш (yaźmış) — that which predetermines events
  • Basque: halabehar — that which predetermines events
  • Belarusian: лёс (ljos) — that which predetermines events
  • Belarusian: до́ля (dólja) — that which predetermines events
  • Bengali: ভাগ্য (bhaggo) — that which predetermines events
  • Bengali: নসীব (nośib) — that which predetermines events
  • Bengali: নিয়তি (niẏoti) — that which predetermines events
  • Bhojpuri: तकदीर (takədīr) — that which predetermines events
  • Bhojpuri: भाग्य (bhāgya) — that which predetermines events
  • Breton: tonkadur — that which predetermines events
  • Bulgarian: съдба́ (sǎdbá) — that which predetermines events
  • Bulgarian: у́част (účast) — that which predetermines events
  • Bulgarian: о́рис (óris) — that which predetermines events
  • Bulgarian: дял (djal) — that which predetermines events
  • Burmese: ကြမ္မာ (kramma) — that which predetermines events
  • Carpathian Rusyn: судьба (sudʹba) — that which predetermines events
  • Carpathian Rusyn: доля (dolja) — that which predetermines events
  • Carpathian Rusyn: осуд (osud) — that which predetermines events
  • Catalan: destí — that which predetermines events
  • Catalan: fat — that which predetermines events
  • Cherokee: ᎢᏳᏓᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ (iyudalisdanedi) — that which predetermines events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 命運 /命运 (mìngyùn) — that which predetermines events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣數 /气数 (qìshu) — that which predetermines events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宿命 (sùmìng) — that which predetermines events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運命 /运命 (yùnmìng) — that which predetermines events
  • Czech: osud — that which predetermines events
  • Czech: úděl — that which predetermines events
  • Dalmatian: suart — that which predetermines events
  • Danish: skæbne — that which predetermines events
  • Dutch: lot — that which predetermines events
  • Dutch: beschikking — that which predetermines events
  • Esperanto: sorto — that which predetermines events
  • Esperanto: destino — that which predetermines events
  • Esperanto: fatalo — that which predetermines events
  • Estonian: saatus — that which predetermines events
  • Faroese: lagna — that which predetermines events
  • Finnish: kohtalo — that which predetermines events
  • French: destin — that which predetermines events
  • French: destinée — that which predetermines events
  • French: sort — that which predetermines events
  • Friulian: fât — that which predetermines events
  • Friulian: destìn — that which predetermines events
  • Friulian: sorte — that which predetermines events
  • Galician: destino — that which predetermines events
  • Galician: sorte — that which predetermines events
  • Georgian: ბედი (bedi) — that which predetermines events
  • Georgian: ბედისწერა (bedisc̣era) — that which predetermines events
  • German: Schicksal — that which predetermines events
  • German: Los — that which predetermines events
  • German: Geschick — that which predetermines events
  • Greek: μοίρα (moíra) — that which predetermines events
  • Greek: ειμαρμένη (eimarméni) — that which predetermines events
  • Greek: πεπρωμένο (peproméno) — that which predetermines events
  • Greek: τύχη (týchi) — that which predetermines events
  • Greek: ριζικό (rizikó) — that which predetermines events
  • Ancient Greek: μοῖρα (moîra) — that which predetermines events
  • Gujarati: નસીબ (nasīb) — that which predetermines events
  • Gujarati: કિસ્મત (kismat) — that which predetermines events
  • Gujarati: તકદીર (takdīr) — that which predetermines events
  • Gujarati: ભાગ્ય (bhāgya) — that which predetermines events
  • Gujarati: મુકદ્દર (mukaddar) — that which predetermines events
  • Gujarati: કરમ (karam) — that which predetermines events
  • Hebrew: מַזָּל (mazál) — that which predetermines events
  • Hebrew: גּוֹרָל (gorál) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: क़िस्मत (qismat) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: किस्मत (kismat) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: नसीब (nasīb) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: तक़दीर (taqdīr) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: तकदीर (takdīr) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: भाग्य (bhāgya) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: विधि (vidhi) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: नियति (niyti) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: लेख (lekh) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: कर्म (karm) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: करम (karam) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: मुक़द्दर (muqaddar) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: मुकद्दर (mukaddar) — that which predetermines events
  • Hindi: भाग (bhāg) — that which predetermines events
  • Hungarian: sors — that which predetermines events
  • Icelandic: örlög — that which predetermines events
  • Indonesian: nasib — that which predetermines events
  • Indonesian: takdir — that which predetermines events
  • Irish: cinniúint — that which predetermines events
  • Istriot: suorto — that which predetermines events
  • Italian: fato — that which predetermines events
  • Italian: sorte — that which predetermines events
  • Italian: destino — that which predetermines events
  • Japanese: 運命 (unmei) — that which predetermines events
  • Japanese: 宿命 (shukumei) — that which predetermines events
  • Kazakh: тағдыр (tağdyr) — that which predetermines events
  • Kazakh: пешене (peşene) — that which predetermines events
  • Kazakh: жазмыш (jazmyş) — that which predetermines events
  • Khmer: កម្ម (kam) — that which predetermines events
  • Khmer: គំនូស (kumnuuh) — that which predetermines events
  • Khmer: ជោគវាសនា (cook viəhsnaa) — that which predetermines events
  • Korean: 운명 (unmyeong) — that which predetermines events
  • Korean: 숙명 (sungmyeong) — that which predetermines events
  • Central Kurdish: چارەنووس (çarenûs) — that which predetermines events
  • Northern Kurdish: çarenivîs — that which predetermines events
  • Northern Kurdish: qeder — that which predetermines events
  • Northern Kurdish: qismet — that which predetermines events
  • Northern Kurdish: nesîb — that which predetermines events
  • Kyrgyz: тагдыр (tagdır) — that which predetermines events
  • Lao: ກັມແລະເວນ (kam læ wēn) — that which predetermines events
  • Lao: ກັມ (kam) — that which predetermines events
  • Lao: ກະເຍີມ (ka nyœ̄m) — that which predetermines events
  • Latin: fātum — that which predetermines events
  • Latin: sors — that which predetermines events
  • Latin: fātus — that which predetermines events
  • Latin: pars — that which predetermines events
  • Latvian: liktenis — that which predetermines events
  • Lithuanian: likimas — that which predetermines events
  • Macedonian: судбина (sudbina) — that which predetermines events
  • Malay: nasib — that which predetermines events
  • Malay: takdir — that which predetermines events
  • Malayalam: വിധി (vidhi) — that which predetermines events
  • Malayalam: തലയിലെഴുത്ത് (talayileḻuttŭ) — that which predetermines events
  • Maltese: destin — that which predetermines events
  • Māori: aratātai — that which predetermines events
  • Mizo: khúarèl — that which predetermines events
  • Mizo: khúaléng — that which predetermines events
  • Mongolian: хувь тавилан (xuvʹ tavilan) — that which predetermines events
  • Mongolian: хувь зохиол (xuvʹ zoxiol) — that which predetermines events
  • Mongolian: хувь заяа (xuvʹ zajaa) — that which predetermines events
  • Mongolian: мөхөл (möxöl) — that which predetermines events
  • Mongolian: үхэл (üxel) — that which predetermines events
  • Mongolian: заяа тавилан (zajaa tavilan) — that which predetermines events
  • Norman: destinné — that which predetermines events
  • Norman: sort — that which predetermines events
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjebne — that which predetermines events
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lagnad — that which predetermines events
  • Occitan: sòrt — that which predetermines events
  • Old East Slavic: долꙗ (dolja) — that which predetermines events
  • Old English: wyrd — that which predetermines events
  • Pannonian Rusyn: доля (dolja) — that which predetermines events
  • Pannonian Rusyn: судьба (sudʹba) — that which predetermines events
  • Pashto: قسمت (qəsmát) — that which predetermines events
  • Pashto: تقدير (taqdir) — that which predetermines events
  • Pashto: برخليک (barxlik) — that which predetermines events
  • Iranian Persian: سَرْنِوِشْت (sarnevešt) — that which predetermines events
  • Iranian Persian: تَقْدیر (taġdir) — that which predetermines events
  • Iranian Persian: قِسْمَت (ġesmat) — that which predetermines events
  • Iranian Persian: مُقَدَّر (moġaddar) — that which predetermines events
  • Iranian Persian: بَخْت (baxt) — that which predetermines events
  • Iranian Persian: قَضا (ġazâ) — that which predetermines events
  • Plautdietsch: Schikjsol — that which predetermines events
  • Polish: los — that which predetermines events
  • Polish: dola — that which predetermines events
  • Polish: przeznaczenie — that which predetermines events
  • Portuguese: destino — that which predetermines events
  • Portuguese: fado — that which predetermines events
  • Portuguese: sina — that which predetermines events
  • Punjabi: ਲੇਖ (lekh) — that which predetermines events
  • Punjabi: ਕ਼ਿਸਮਤ (qismat) — that which predetermines events
  • Punjabi: ਤਕ਼ਦੀਰ (taqdīr) — that which predetermines events
  • Punjabi: لیکھ (lekh) — that which predetermines events
  • Punjabi: قِسْمَت (qismat) — that which predetermines events
  • Punjabi: تَقْدِیر (taqdīr) — that which predetermines events
  • Romanian: soartă — that which predetermines events
  • Romanian: destin — that which predetermines events
  • Romansh: destin — that which predetermines events
  • Romansh: sort — that which predetermines events
  • Russian: судьба́ (sudʹbá) — that which predetermines events
  • Russian: до́ля (dólja) — that which predetermines events
  • Russian: у́часть (účastʹ) — that which predetermines events
  • Russian: рок (rok) — that which predetermines events
  • Russian: уде́л (udél) — that which predetermines events
  • Russian: фа́тум (fátum) — that which predetermines events
  • Sanskrit: भाग्य (bhāgya) — that which predetermines events
  • Sanskrit: दैव (daiva) — that which predetermines events
  • Sanskrit: नियति (niyati) — that which predetermines events
  • Sanskrit: अदृष्ट (adṛṣṭa) — that which predetermines events
  • Sardinian: solte — that which predetermines events
  • Sardinian: solti — that which predetermines events
  • Sardinian: sorti — that which predetermines events
  • Scots: weird — that which predetermines events
  • Scottish Gaelic: cinneamhain — that which predetermines events
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀суд — that which predetermines events
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̏дбина — that which predetermines events
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̀дба — that which predetermines events
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùsud — that which predetermines events
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȕdbina — that which predetermines events
  • Serbo-Croatian: sùdba — that which predetermines events
  • Sicilian: fatu — that which predetermines events
  • Sicilian: distinu — that which predetermines events
  • Sicilian: sorti — that which predetermines events
  • Slovak: osud — that which predetermines events
  • Slovene: usoda — that which predetermines events
  • Lower Sorbian: pśisud — that which predetermines events
  • Lower Sorbian: pśisuźenje — that which predetermines events
  • Lower Sorbian: kjabel — that which predetermines events
  • Spanish: azar — that which predetermines events
  • Spanish: hado — that which predetermines events
  • Spanish: fátum — that which predetermines events
  • Swahili: majaliwa — that which predetermines events
  • Swedish: öde — that which predetermines events
  • Swedish: skickelse — that which predetermines events
  • Tagalog: tadhana — that which predetermines events
  • Tajik: сарнавишт (sarnavišt) — that which predetermines events
  • Tajik: бахт (baxt) — that which predetermines events
  • Tajik: толеъ (tole') — that which predetermines events
  • Tajik: насиба (nasiba) — that which predetermines events
  • Tajik: оянда (oyanda) — that which predetermines events
  • Tajik: қисмат (qismat) — that which predetermines events
  • Tajik: қaзо (qazo) — that which predetermines events
  • Tatar: язмыш (yazmış) — that which predetermines events
  • Thai: ดวง (duuang) — that which predetermines events
  • Thai: โชคชะตา (chôok-chá-dtaa) — that which predetermines events
  • Thai: พรหมลิขิต (prom-lí-kìt) — that which predetermines events
  • Thai: กรรม (gam) — that which predetermines events
  • Thai: ชะตา (chá-dtaa) — that which predetermines events
  • Tibetan: ལས (las) — that which predetermines events
  • Tibetan: སྐལ་ལས (skal las) — that which predetermines events
  • Tibetan: སྔོན་ལས (sngon las) — that which predetermines events
  • Turkish: alın yazısı — that which predetermines events
  • Turkish: yazgı — that which predetermines events
  • Turkish: kader — that which predetermines events
  • Turkish: kısmet — that which predetermines events
  • Turkmen: takdyr — that which predetermines events
  • Turkmen: täleý — that which predetermines events
  • Turkmen: nesibe — that which predetermines events
  • Turkmen: ykbal — that which predetermines events
  • Ukrainian: до́ля (dólja) — that which predetermines events
  • Ukrainian: льос (lʹos) — that which predetermines events
  • Ukrainian: тала́н (talán) — that which predetermines events
  • Urdu: قِسْمَت (qismat) — that which predetermines events
  • Urdu: تَقْدِیر (taqdīr) — that which predetermines events
  • Urdu: مُقَدَّر (muqaddar) — that which predetermines events
  • Urdu: نَصِیب (nasīb) — that which predetermines events
  • Urdu: سَر نَوِشْت (sar naviśt) — that which predetermines events
  • Urdu: بَخْت (baxt) — that which predetermines events
  • Uyghur: تەقدىر (teqdir) — that which predetermines events
  • Uzbek: taqdir — that which predetermines events
  • Uzbek: nasiba — that which predetermines events
  • Uzbek: qismat — that which predetermines events
  • Venetan: sorte — that which predetermines events
  • Venetan: sort — that which predetermines events
  • Venetan: destìn — that which predetermines events
  • Vietnamese: số phận — that which predetermines events
  • Vietnamese: số mạng — that which predetermines events
  • Vietnamese: vận mệnh — that which predetermines events
  • Vietnamese: túc mệnh — that which predetermines events
  • Vietnamese: định mệnh — that which predetermines events
  • Welsh: tynged — that which predetermines events
  • Yakut: дьылҕа (jïlğa) — that which predetermines events
  • Yakut: төлкө (tölkö) — that which predetermines events
  • Yakut: анал (anal) — that which predetermines events
  • Yiddish: גורל (goyrl) — that which predetermines events
  • Yiddish: דאָליע (dolye) — that which predetermines events
  • Zazaki: qeder — that which predetermines events
  • Zazaki: qısmet — that which predetermines events
  • Zazaki: nasib — that which predetermines events
  • Zazaki: teqdir — that which predetermines events
  • Zazaki: nuşıte — that which predetermines events
  • Zazaki: suhud — that which predetermines events
  • Armenian: բախտ (baxt) — inevitable events
  • Armenian: ճակատագիր (čakatagir) — inevitable events
  • Bulgarian: съдба (sǎdba) — inevitable events
  • Bulgarian: участ (učast) — inevitable events
  • Bulgarian: орис (oris) — inevitable events
  • Catalan: fat — inevitable events
  • Czech: osud — inevitable events
  • Dutch: lot — inevitable events
  • Esperanto: sorto — inevitable events
  • Finnish: kohtalo — inevitable events
  • Galician: destino — inevitable events
  • Galician: fado — inevitable events
  • Greek: τύχη (týchi) — inevitable events
  • Greek: μοίρα (moíra) — inevitable events
  • Greek: πεπρωμένο (peproméno) — inevitable events
  • Hebrew: מַזָּל (mazal) — inevitable events
  • Hebrew: גּוֹרָל (gorál) — inevitable events
  • Indonesian: nasib — inevitable events
  • Italian: destino — inevitable events
  • Italian: fato — inevitable events
  • Central Kurdish: چارەنووس (çarenûs) — inevitable events
  • Latin: fātum — inevitable events
  • Latin: sors — inevitable events
  • Macedonian: судбина (sudbina) — inevitable events
  • Malayalam: വിധി (vidhi) — inevitable events
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjebne — inevitable events
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjebne — inevitable events
  • Portuguese: sina — inevitable events
  • Russian: судьба́ (sudʹbá) — inevitable events
  • Russian: до́ля (dólja) — inevitable events
  • Russian: у́часть (účastʹ) — inevitable events
  • Russian: рок (rok) — inevitable events
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀суд — inevitable events
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̏дбина — inevitable events
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̀дба — inevitable events
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùsud — inevitable events
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȕdbina — inevitable events
  • Serbo-Croatian: sùdba — inevitable events
  • Spanish: hado — inevitable events
  • Spanish: sino — inevitable events
  • Spanish: fátum — inevitable events
  • Swahili: majaliwa — inevitable events
  • Tibetan: བསྐོས་ཐང (bskos thang) — inevitable events
  • Tibetan: སྐལ་ལས (skal las) — inevitable events
  • Tibetan: སྔོན་ལས (sngon las) — inevitable events
  • Turkish: kader — inevitable events
  • Turkish: kısmet — inevitable events
  • Venetan: sòrt — inevitable events
  • Vietnamese: vận mệnh — inevitable events
  • Arabic: قِسْمَة (qisma) — destiny
  • Arabic: مَصِير (maṣīr) — destiny
  • Arabic: قَدَر (qadar) — destiny
  • Arabic: مَصِير (maṣīr) — destiny
  • Arabic: قَدَر (gadar) — destiny
  • Arabic: نَصيب (naṣīb) — destiny
  • Arabic: قِسْمَة (gisma) — destiny
  • Armenian: ճակատագիր (čakatagir) — destiny
  • Bashkir: яҙмыш (yaźmış) — destiny
  • Basque: adur — destiny
  • Basque: zori — destiny
  • Belarusian: лёс (ljos) — destiny
  • Bulgarian: съдба́ (sǎdbá) — destiny
  • Bulgarian: у́част (účast) — destiny
  • Bulgarian: о́рис (óris) — destiny
  • Burmese: နဖူးစာ (na.hpu:ca) — destiny
  • Burmese: ဖူးစာ (hpu:ca) — destiny
  • Catalan: destí — destiny
  • Catalan: planeta — destiny
  • Cherokee: ᎢᏳᏓᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ (iyudalisdanedi) — destiny
  • Chinese Mandarin: 命運 /命运 (mìngyùn) — destiny
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣數 /气数 (qìshu) — destiny
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宿命 (sùmìng) — destiny
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運命 /运命 (yùnmìng) — destiny
  • Czech: osud — destiny
  • Czech: zhouba — destiny
  • Czech: pohroma — destiny
  • Danish: skæbne — destiny
  • Dutch: lot — destiny
  • Esperanto: destino — destiny
  • Esperanto: sorto — destiny
  • Estonian: saatus — destiny
  • Finnish: kohtalo — destiny
  • French: destin — destiny
  • French: destinée — destiny
  • Galician: destino — destiny
  • German: Schicksal — destiny
  • Greek: μοίρα (moíra) — destiny
  • Greek: πεπρωμένο (peproméno) — destiny
  • Ancient Greek: μοῖρα (moîra) — destiny
  • Hebrew: מַזָּל (mazal) — destiny
  • Hebrew: גּוֹרָל (gorál) — destiny
  • Hindi: क़िस्मत (qismat) — destiny
  • Hindi: किस्मत (kismat) — destiny
  • Hindi: नसीब (nasīb) — destiny
  • Hindi: तक़दीर (taqdīr) — destiny
  • Hindi: तकदीर (takdīr) — destiny
  • Hindi: भाग्य (bhāgya) — destiny
  • Hindi: विधि (vidhi) — destiny
  • Hindi: लेख (lekh) — destiny
  • Hindi: कर्म (karm) — destiny
  • Hindi: करम (karam) — destiny
  • Hindi: मुक़द्दर (muqaddar) — destiny
  • Hindi: मुकद्दर (mukaddar) — destiny
  • Hindi: भाग (bhāg) — destiny
  • Hungarian: végzet — destiny
  • Icelandic: örlög — destiny
  • Irish: cinniúint — destiny
  • Italian: destino — destiny
  • Italian: sorte — destiny
  • Italian: fato — destiny
  • Japanese: 運命 (unmei) — destiny
  • Japanese: 宿命 (shukumei) — destiny
  • Korean: 숙명 (sungmyeong) — destiny
  • Korean: 운명 (unmyeong) — destiny
  • Central Kurdish: چارەنووس (çarenûs) — destiny
  • Central Kurdish: قەزا و قەدەر (qeza û qeder) — destiny
  • Latin: fātum — destiny
  • Latin: sors — destiny
  • Latin: fātus — destiny
  • Macedonian: судбина (sudbina) — destiny
  • Macedonian: касмет (kasmet) — destiny
  • Malayalam: വിധി (vidhi) — destiny
  • Māori: ara tātai — destiny
  • Māori: mana matatuhi — destiny
  • Nepali: भाग्य (bhāgya) — destiny
  • Norman: destinné — destiny
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjebne — destiny
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjebne — destiny
  • Old English: wyrd — destiny
  • Plautdietsch: Schikjsol — destiny
  • Polish: los — destiny
  • Polish: przeznaczenie — destiny
  • Portuguese: fado — destiny
  • Portuguese: destino — destiny
  • Portuguese: sorte — destiny
  • Romanian: soartă — destiny
  • Russian: судьба́ (sudʹbá) — destiny
  • Russian: до́ля (dólja) — destiny
  • Russian: у́часть (účastʹ) — destiny
  • Russian: рок (rok) — destiny
  • Russian: уде́л (udél) — destiny
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀суд — destiny
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̏дбина — destiny
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̀дба — destiny
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùsud — destiny
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȕdbina — destiny
  • Serbo-Croatian: sùdba — destiny
  • Slovene: usoda — destiny
  • Spanish: azar — destiny
  • Spanish: hado — destiny
  • Spanish: sino — destiny
  • Spanish: fátum — destiny
  • Swahili: majaliwa — destiny
  • Swedish: öde — destiny
  • Thai: พรหมลิขิต (prom-lí-kìt) — destiny
  • Thai: โชคชะตา (chôok-chá-dtaa) — destiny
  • Thai: เทวลิขิต — destiny
  • Tibetan: དབང་ཐང (dbang thang) — destiny
  • Tibetan: ལས་ཀྱི་བསྐོས་ཐང (las kyi bskos thang) — destiny
  • Tibetan: ལས (las) — destiny
  • Turkish: kader — destiny
  • Turkish: kısmet — destiny
  • Ukrainian: до́ля (dólja) — destiny
  • Ukrainian: льос (lʹos) — destiny
  • Urdu: قسمت (qismat) — destiny
  • Urdu: تقدیر (taqdīr) — destiny
  • Venetan: sòrt — destiny
  • Vietnamese: vận mệnh — destiny
  • Vietnamese: túc mệnh — destiny
  • Volapük: fät — destiny
  • Welsh: tynged — destiny
  • Yiddish: גורל (goyrl) — destiny
  • Bulgarian: but see мойра (mojra) — goddess
  • Bulgarian: парка (parka) — goddess
  • Esperanto: Fatalo — goddess
  • Esperanto: Fortuno — goddess
  • Finnish: kohtalotar — goddess
  • Romanian: ursitoare — goddess
  • Bulgarian: предопределям (predopredeljam) — to foreordain, predetermine
  • Bulgarian: предопределя (predopredelja) — to foreordain, predetermine
  • Czech: předurčit — to foreordain, predetermine
  • Czech: předurčovat — to foreordain, predetermine
  • Finnish: määrätä — to foreordain, predetermine