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Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”).

169 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sukses — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Albanian: sukses — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Southern Altai: једим (ǰedim) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Arabic: نَجَاح (najāḥ) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Armenian: հաջողություն (haǰoġutʻyun) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Azerbaijani: uğur — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Azerbaijani: müvəffəqiyyət — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Bashkir: уңыш (uñış) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Basque: arrakasta — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Belarusian: по́спех (póspjex) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Bengali: কামিয়াবি (kamiẏabi) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Bengali: সফলতা (śôphôlôta) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Bengali: সাফল্য (śaphôllô) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Bulgarian: успе́х (uspéh) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Burmese: ဇေယျ (jeyya.) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Burmese: အောင်ပန်း (aungpan:) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Carpathian Rusyn: у́спіх (úspix) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Catalan: succés — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Catalan: èxit — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Chechen: аьтто (ätto) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Chinese Cantonese: 成功 — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Chinese: чынгун (čɨngun) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Eastern Min Chinese: 成功 (sìng-gŭng) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Hakka Chinese: 成功 (sṳ̀n-kûng) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Chinese: 成功 (zh-min-nan) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Chinese Mandarin: 成功 (chénggōng) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Wu Chinese: 成功 (6zen-kon) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Crimean Tatar: muvafaqiyet — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Czech: úspěch — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Czech: zdar — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Danish: succes — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Dutch: succes — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Dutch: welgang — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Dutch: goed gevolg — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Esperanto: sukceso — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Estonian: edu — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Faroese: gott úrslit — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Finnish: menestys — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Finnish: onnistuminen — achievement of one's aim or goal
• French: succès — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Gagauz: başarı — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Galician: éxito — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Georgian: წარმატება (c̣armaṭeba) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• German: Erfolg — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Greek: επιτυχία (epitychía) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Ancient Greek: εὐπραγία (eupragía) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Haitian Creole: siksè — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Hebrew: הַצלָחָה (hatslakhá) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Hindi: सफलता (saphaltā) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Hindi: कामयाबी (kāmyābī) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Hindi: साफल्य (sāphalya) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Hungarian: eredmény — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Hungarian: kimenetel — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Hungarian: siker — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Icelandic: velgengni — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Indonesian: keberhasilan — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Indonesian: kesuksesan — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Ingush: аьттув (ättuv) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Interlingua: successo — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Irish: áitheas — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Italian: successo — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Japanese: 成功 (seikō) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Kannada: ಯಶಸ್ಸು (yaśassu) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Kazakh: жетістік (jetıstık) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Kazakh: табыс (tabys) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Khmer: ជោគជ័យ (cook cɨy) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Korean: 성공 (seonggong) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Central Kurdish: سەرکەوتن (serkewtin) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Northern Kurdish: qazanc — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Kyrgyz: ийгилик (iygilik) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Kyrgyz: жетишкендик (jetişkendik) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Ladino: reushitá — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Ladino: reushidad — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Ladino: sukseso — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Lao: ຄວາມສໍາເລັດ (khuām sam let) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Lao: ຜົນສໍາເລັດ (phon sam let) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Latin: successus — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Latin: fructus — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Latvian: veiksme — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Lithuanian: sėkmė — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Luxembourgish: Erfolleg — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Luxembourgish: Succès — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Macedonian: успех (uspeh) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Māori: angitu — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Marathi: यश (yaś) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Middle English: sped — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Mongolian: амжилт (amžilt) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Mongolian: ᠠᠮᠵᠢᠯᠲᠠ (amǰilta) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Norwegian Bokmål: suksess — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: suksess — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Old English: spēd — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Pashto: کامراني (kāmrāni) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Dari: مُوَفَّقِیَت (muwaffaqiyat) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Iranian Persian: مُوَفَّقِیَت (movaffaġiyat) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Iranian Persian: سوکْسِه (sukse) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Iranian Persian: کامْیابی (kâmyâbi) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Polish: powodzenie — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Polish: sukces — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Portuguese: sucesso — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Portuguese: êxito — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Romanian: succes — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Russian: успе́х (uspéx) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Russian: уда́ча (udáča) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Sanskrit: स्वस्ति (svasti) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀спех — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀спјех — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Serbo-Croatian: ùspeh — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Serbo-Croatian: ùspjeh — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Slovak: úspech — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Slovene: uspeh — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Lower Sorbian: wuspěch — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Spanish: éxito — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Spanish: acierto — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Swahili: mafanikio — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Swedish: framgång — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Swedish: succé — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Tagalog: tagumpay — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Tajik: муваффақият (muvaffaqiyat) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Tamil: வெற்றி (veṟṟi) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Tatar: уңыш (uñış) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Telugu: లక్ష్యాన్ని చేరుట (lakṣyānni cēruṭa) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Thai: ความสําเร็จ (kwaam-sǎm-rèt) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Thai: ผลสําเร็จ (pǒn-sǎm-rèt) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Turkish: başarı — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Turkish: sükse — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Turkmen: üstünlik — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Udmurt: азинскон (aźinskon) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Ukrainian: у́спіх (úspix) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Urdu: کامْیابی (kāmyābī) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Urdu: سَپَھلْتا (saphaltā) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Uyghur: ئۇتۇق (utuq) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Uyghur: مۇۋەپپەقىيەت (muweppeqiyet) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Uzbek: muvaffaqiyat — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Uzbek: yutuq — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Vietnamese: sự thành công — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Vietnamese: thành công — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Volapük: plöp — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Welsh: llwyddiant — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Yiddish: הצלחה (hatslokhe) — achievement of one's aim or goal
• Bulgarian: успе́х (uspéh) — (business) financial profitability
• Czech: výnosnost — (business) financial profitability
• Finnish: menestys — (business) financial profitability
• Finnish: voitollisuus — (business) financial profitability
• Georgian: წარმატება (c̣armaṭeba) — (business) financial profitability
• Georgian: მიღწევა (miɣc̣eva) — (business) financial profitability
• Georgian: შედეგიანობა (šedegianoba) — (business) financial profitability
• Greek: επιτυχία (epitychía) — (business) financial profitability
• Hungarian: siker — (business) financial profitability
• Indonesian: keberhasilan — (business) financial profitability
• Indonesian: kesuksesan — (business) financial profitability
• Interlingua: successo — (business) financial profitability
• Polish: sukces — (business) financial profitability
• Portuguese: sucesso — (business) financial profitability
• Romanian: succes — (business) financial profitability
• Russian: успе́х (uspéx) — (business) financial profitability
• Russian: благосостоя́ние (blagosostojánije) — (business) financial profitability
• Scottish Gaelic: piseach — (business) financial profitability
• Telugu: ఆర్ధిక స్తొమత (ārdhika stomata) — (business) financial profitability
• Turkish: başarı — (business) financial profitability
• Turkish: sükse — (business) financial profitability
• Finnish: menestyjä — person who achieves his or her goals
• Finnish: onnistuja — person who achieves his or her goals
• Greek: επιτυχία (epitychía) — person who achieves his or her goals
• Central Kurdish: سەرکەوتو (serkewtu) — person who achieves his or her goals
• Norwegian Bokmål: suksess — person who achieves his or her goals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: suksess — person who achieves his or her goals
• Portuguese: sucesso — person who achieves his or her goals
• Telugu: సాధకుడు లేక సాధకురాలు (sādhakuḍu lēka sādhakurālu) — person who achieves his or her goals
• Turkish: başarılı — person who achieves his or her goals