English-French translations for designate

• désigner
  Différents termes ont été utilisés pour décrire ou désigner ces travailleurs. Various terms have been used to describe or designate these workers.
  Nous sommes prêts à désigner des experts, qui pourraient collaborer avec les Nations unies. We are ready to designate experts that could work together with the United Nations.
  En d'autres termes, il devrait rester possible d'employer le terme "vin" pour désigner des vins de fruits. This means that it should remain possible to use the term wine to designate fruit wines.
• dénoter
• destiner
• nommer
  L'approbation par le Parlement européen des deux commissaires désignés permettra au Conseil de les nommer officiellement. The approval by the European Parliament of the appointment of the two Commissioners-designate will allow the Council to formally appoint them.

Definition of designate

• Designated; appointed; chosen
• Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role
• To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
• To call by a distinctive title; to name
• To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station

Examples

• to designate the boundaries of a country
• to designate the rioters who are to be arrested

Related words

• designated
• designated driver
• designated driving
• designated port
• officer designate