No. 6,058 in French
désirée
"Desired" or "wanted."
In a sentence
La paix tant désirée enfin règne dans le pays.
The much-desired peace finally reigns in the country.
Here, 'désirée' is an adjective agreeing in gender and number with 'paix', modifying the noun to express its quality of being intensely wished-for.
Marie est une enfant désirée et aimée de ses parents.
Marie is a desired and loved child by her parents.
In this sentence, 'désirée' is used as an adjective describing 'enfant', indicating that the child was wanted or planned by her parents.
Nous cherchons toujours notre destination désirée.
We are still searching for our desired destination.
In this example, 'désirée' modifies 'destination', illustrating a quality of the destination that it is wished-for or aspired to by the speaker.
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