milestone

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

pietra miliare

miliare

paletto

tappa

attività cardine

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

Meilenstein

hito

mijlpaal

borne

jalon

mojón

fita

Kilometerstein

marco miliário

معلم

mijlsteen

Markstein

pedra miliária

Borne routière

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine olandese: mijlsteen

Affine tedesco: Meilenstein

Affine svedese: milsten

In summary

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