succès

See also: succes, succés, succes', and Succès

French

Etymology

From Middle French succes (16th c.), a borrowing from Latin successus. The verb succéder is older (13th c.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk.sɛ/

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Noun

succès m (invariable)

1. success

   Antonym: échec

   Near-synonym: réussite

   Le film remporta un grand succès. ― The film was very successful.

   être victime de son succès ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (gaming) achievement

Derived terms

• succès d'estime

Related terms

• succéder

Descendants

• → Danish: succes
• → Dutch: succes
• → Ladino: sukseso
• → Romanian: succes
• → Turkish: sükse

Further reading

• “succès”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012