succès

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk.sɛ/

• Audio:

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Noun

succès m (plural succès)

1. success

   Le film remporta beaucoup de succès

   The film got a lot of success/The film was very successful

2. (gaming) achievement

Usage notes

• Succès is only used to describe an object, and not a person.

Derived terms

• être victime de son succès
• 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.