milestone

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

borne

jalon

Borne routière

tournant

borne kilométrique

borne milliaire

échalas

pierre

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Synonymes

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

Traductions

Meilenstein

hito

pietra miliare

mijlpaal

mojón

fita

marco miliário

Kilometerstein

معلم

pedra miliária

piedra miliar

Markstein

mijlsteen

neuer Entwurf

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à néerlandais: mijlsteen

Appartenant à allemand: Meilenstein

Appartenant à suédois: milsten

In summary

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