milestone

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
2. (idiomatic) An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.

Verb

1. To place milestones along (a road, etc.).
2. (idiomatic) To plan out a project as a series of major steps.

Conceptes

fita

estaca

jaló

monjoia

Sinònims

landmark

milepost

breakthrough

watershed

finish line

goal

phase

post

stake

stone

🪨

mile-post

spar buoy

new departure

standing stone

milliarium

innovation

breaktrough

anniversary

kilometer stone

cairn

discovery

event

Traduccions

Meilenstein

pietra miliare

hito

mijlpaal

borne

jalon

mojón

Kilometerstein

marco miliário

pedra miliária

معلم

Markstein

Borne routière

mijlsteen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès: mijlsteen

Cognat amb alemany: Meilenstein

Cognat amb suec: milsten

In summary

From mile + stone. Compare Dutch mijlsteen (“milestone”), German Low German Mielensteen (“milestone”), German Meilenstein (“milestone”), Swedish milsten (“milestone”).