succès
See also: succes, succés, succes', and Succès
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin successus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syk.sɛ/
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Noun
succès m (plural succès)
- success
- Le film remporta beaucoup de succès
- The film got a lot of success/The film was very successful
- (gaming) achievement
Usage notes
- Succès is only used to describe an object, and not a person.
Derived terms
- être victime de son succès
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.