Desideratum

Noun

 * 1) something that is wished for, or considered desirable

Related terms

 * desire

Thesaurus
aim, ambition, animus, aspiration, bare necessities, call for, catch, counsel, dearest wish, demand, demand for, desideration, design, desire, determination, effect, essential, essentials, fixed purpose, forbidden fruit, function, glimmering goal, golden vision, hope, idea, indispensable, intendment, intent, intention, lodestone, magnet, meaning, mind, motive, must, must item, necessaries, necessities, necessity, need, need for, nisus, occasion, plan, plum, point, prerequirement, prerequisite, prize, project, proposal, prospectus, purpose, requirement, requisite, requisition, resolution, resolve, sake, striving, study, temptation, the necessary, the needful, trophy, view, want, will, wish

Etymology
past participle passive of desiderare:

Translations

 * German: Desideratum
 * Italian:
 * Slovene: zaželeno
 * Polish: dezyderat