predestination

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From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. By surface analysis, predestine + -ation. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: նախասահմանում (naxasahmanum) — religious doctrine
• Armenian: նախասահմանություն (naxasahmanutʻyun) — religious doctrine
• Asturian: predestinación — religious doctrine
• Bulgarian: предопределение (predopredelenie) — religious doctrine
• Catalan: predestinació — religious doctrine
• Chinese Mandarin: 宿命论 (sùmìnglùn) — religious doctrine
• Czech: předurčení — religious doctrine
• Danish: prædestination — religious doctrine
• Danish: forudbestemmelse — religious doctrine
• Dutch: voorbestemdheid — religious doctrine
• Dutch: predestinatie — religious doctrine
• Esperanto: sortdifino — religious doctrine
• French: prédestination — religious doctrine
• Galician: predestinación — religious doctrine
• German: Prädestination — religious doctrine
• German: Vorherbestimmung — religious doctrine
• Greek: προορισμός (proorismós) — religious doctrine
• Korean: 예정 (yejeong) — religious doctrine
• Norwegian Bokmål: predestinasjon — religious doctrine
• Norwegian Bokmål: forutbestemmelse — religious doctrine
• Norwegian Nynorsk: predestinasjon — religious doctrine
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forutbestemming — religious doctrine
• Old English: foreteohhung — religious doctrine
• Persian: تقدیر (taqdir) — religious doctrine
• Polish: predestynacja — religious doctrine
• Portuguese: predestinação — religious doctrine
• Russian: предопределе́ние (predopredelénije) — religious doctrine
• Russian: предназначе́ние (prednaznačénije) — religious doctrine
• Serbo-Croatian: предодређење — religious doctrine
• Serbo-Croatian: predodređenje — religious doctrine
• Spanish: predestinación — religious doctrine
• Swedish: predestination — religious doctrine
• Swedish: förutbestämmelse — religious doctrine
• Ottoman Turkish: تقدیر (takdir) — religious doctrine
• Ukrainian: напередвизначення (naperedvyznačennja) — religious doctrine
• Vietnamese: tiền định — religious doctrine
• Welsh: rhagarfaeth — religious doctrine
• Bulgarian: орис (oris) — destiny or fate
• Chinese Mandarin: 前定 (qiándìng) — destiny or fate
• Old English: foreteohhung — destiny or fate
• Polish: predestynacja — destiny or fate
• Russian: предназначение (prednaznačenije) — destiny or fate
• Telugu: ప్రారబ్ధము (prārabdhamu) — destiny or fate