success

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success

Alternative forms

successe (archaic)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”). Partly displaced native Old English spēd, whence Modern English speed.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /səkˈsɛs/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

success (countable and uncountable, plural successes)

The achievement of one's aim or goal. [from 16th c.]
Antonym: failure

His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success.

a glowing success
(business) Financial profitability.
Don't let success go to your head.
One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
Scholastically, he was a success.

The new range of toys has been a resounding success.
The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
She is country music's most recent success.
(obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result. [16th–18th c.]
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
  I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes: Some with doubt of what will be the successe, others with fear of what will be the censure; some with hope, others with confidence of what they have to speake.

Derived terms

Terms derived from success

Translations

achievement of one's aim or goal

Afrikaans: sukses (af)
Albanian: sukses (sq) m
Arabic: نَجَاح m (najāḥ)
Armenian: հաջողություն (hy) (haǰoġutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: uğur (az), müvəffəqiyyət
Bashkir: уңыш (uñış)
Basque: arrakasta
Belarusian: по́спех m (póspjex)
Bengali: কামিয়াবি (bn) (kamiẏabi), সফলতা (bn) (śôphôlôta), সাফল্য (bn) (śaphôllô)
Bulgarian: успе́х (bg) (uspéh)
Burmese: ဇေယျ (my) (jeyya.), အောင်ပန်း (my) (aungpan:)
Carpathian Rusyn: у́спіх (úspix)
Catalan: succés (ca) m, èxit (ca) m
Chechen: аьтто (ätto)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 成功 (sing⁴ gung¹)

Dungan: чынгун (čɨngun)

Eastern Min: 成功 (sìng-gŭng)

Hakka: 成功 (sṳ̀n-kûng)

Hokkien: 成功 (zh-min-nan) (sêng-kong)

Mandarin: 成功 (zh) (chénggōng)

Wu: 成功 (⁶zen-kon)
Czech: úspěch (cs) m, zdar (cs) m
Danish: succes (da) c
Dutch: succes (nl) n, welgang m, goed gevolg n
Estonian: edu
Faroese: gott úrslit n
Finnish: menestys (fi), onnistuminen (fi)
French: succès (fr) m
Galician: éxito m
Georgian: წარმატება (c̣armaṭeba)
German: Erfolg (de) m
Greek: επιτυχία (el) f (epitychía)
Ancient: εὐπραγία f (eupragía)
Haitian Creole: siksè
Hebrew: הַצלָחָה (he) f (hatslakhá)
Hindi: सफलता (hi) f (saphaltā), कामयाबी f (kāmyābī), साफल्य (hi) m (sāphalya)
Hungarian: eredmény (hu), kimenetel (hu), siker (hu)
Icelandic: árangur (is) m
Indonesian: keberhasilan (id), kesuksesan (id)
Ingush: аьттув (ättuv)
Interlingua: successo
Irish: áitheas m
Italian: successo (it) m
Japanese: 成功 (ja) (せいこう, seikō)
Kannada: ಯಶಸ್ಸು (kn) (yaśassu)
Kazakh: жетістік (jetıstık), табыс (tabys)
Khmer: ជោគជ័យ (km) (cook cɨy)
Korean: 성공(成功) (ko) (seonggong)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سەرکەوتن (serkewtin)

Northern Kurdish: qazanc (ku)
Kyrgyz: ийгилик (ky) (iygilik), жетишкендик (ky) (jetişkendik)
Ladino: reushitá, reushidad, sukseso
Lao: ຄວາມສຳເລັດ (khuām sam let), ຜົນສຳເລັດ (phon sam let)
Latin: successus m, fructus (la)
Latvian: veiksme f
Lithuanian: sėkmė f
Luxembourgish: Erfolleg m, Succès m
Macedonian: успех m (uspeh)
Maori: angitu
Marathi: यश (yaś)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: амжилт (mn) (amžilt)

Mongolian: ᠠᠮᠵᠢᠯᠲᠠ (amǰilta)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: suksess (no) m

Nynorsk: suksess m
Old English: spēd f
Pashto: کامراني f (kāmrāni)
Persian:
Dari: مُوَفَّقِیَت (fa) (muwaffaqiyat)

Iranian Persian: مُوَفَّقِیَت (fa) (movaffağiyat), سوکْسِه (sukse) (rare), کامْیابی (fa)
Polish: powodzenie (pl) n, sukces (pl) m
Portuguese: sucesso (pt) m, êxito (pt) m
Romanian: succes (ro) n
Russian: успе́х (ru) m (uspéx), уда́ча (ru) f (udáča)
Sanskrit: स्वस्ति (sa) n (svasti)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀спех m, у̀спјех m

Roman: ùspeh (sh) m, ùspjeh (sh) m
Slovak: úspech m
Slovene: uspeh (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wuspěch m
Spanish: éxito (es) m, acierto (es) m
Swahili: mafanikio class ma
Swedish: framgång (sv) c, succé (sv) c
Tagalog: tagumpay (tl)
Tajik: муваффақият (muvaffaqiyat)
Tamil: வெற்றி (ta) (veṟṟi)
Tatar: уңыш (tt) (uñış)
Telugu: లక్ష్యాన్ని చేరుట (lakṣyānni cēruṭa)
Thai: ความสำเร็จ (th) (kwaam-sǎm-rèt), ผลสำเร็จ (pǒn-sǎm-rèt)
Turkish: başarı (tr), sükse (tr)
Turkmen: üstünlik
Ukrainian: у́спіх m (úspix)
Urdu: کامْیابی f (kāmyābī), سَپَھلْتا m (saphaltā)
Uyghur: ئۇتۇق (utuq), مۇۋەپپەقىيەت (muweppeqiyet)
Uzbek: muvaffaqiyat (uz), yutuq (uz)
Vietnamese: sự thành công (vi), thành công (vi) (成功)
Volapük: plöp (vo)
Welsh: llwyddiant (cy) m
Yiddish: הצלחה f (hatslokhe)

(business) financial profitability

Czech: výnosnost f
Finnish: menestys (fi), voitollisuus
Georgian: წარმატება (c̣armaṭeba), მიღწევა (miɣc̣eva), შედეგიანობა (šedegianoba)
Greek: επιτυχία (el) f (epitychía)
Hungarian: siker (hu)
Indonesian: keberhasilan (id), kesuksesan (id)
Interlingua: successo
Polish: sukces (pl) m
Portuguese: sucesso (pt) m
Romanian: succes (ro) n
Russian: успе́х (ru) m (uspéx), благосостоя́ние (ru) n (blagosostojánije)
Scottish Gaelic: piseach m
Telugu: ఆర్ధిక స్తొమత (ārdhika stomata)
Turkish: başarı (tr), sükse (tr)

person who achieves his or her goals

Finnish: menestyjä (fi), onnistuja
Greek: επιτυχία (el) f (epitychía)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سەرکەوتو (serkewtu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: suksess (no) m

Nynorsk: suksess m
Portuguese: sucesso (pt) m
Telugu: సాధకుడు లేక సాధకురాలు (sādhakuḍu lēka sādhakurālu)
Turkish: başarılı (tr)

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Translations to be checked

Hindi: ^{(please verify)} सफ़लता (safaltā)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సఫలము (te) (saphalamu)