No. 9,856 in French
fatalité
Inevitable destiny or fate, often with a negative or tragic connotation.
In a sentence
La fatalité semble avoir marqué sa vie avec une série d'échecs.
Fate seems to have marked their life with a series of failures.
Here, 'fatalité' refers to the sense of inevitable destiny or fate.
Il refuse de céder à la fatalité et cherche des solutions.
He refuses to give in to destiny and is looking for solutions.
In this usage, 'fatalité' conveys the notion of an unavoidable and often unfortunate outcome, which the subject defies.
Selon certaines croyances, la fatalité est écrite dans les étoiles.
According to certain beliefs, fate is written in the stars.
The word 'fatalité' here reflects the concept of predestined events as viewed in some philosophical or spiritual contexts.
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