French word

successif

Pronunciation

IPA/syksesif/

Meaning

  • adjectiveconsecutive

Example

Il a eu trois défaites successives.

He suffered three consecutive defeats.

Illustration for successif (consecutive)

More examples

J'ai travaillé trois jours successifs.

I worked three consecutive days.

Core concept

A chain of events where each one follows the previous in time.

Common phrases

  • jours successifs

    consecutive days

  • victoires successives

    successive victories

  • semaines successives

    consecutive weeks

Similar words

consécutif: Occurring one after another in the proper order.
suivant: Coming immediately after something else in sequence.
continu: Continuing without any interruption or break.
répété: Happening repeatedly, with the same thing occurring several times.

Definition in French

Qui se produit de façon continue ou l'une après l'autre dans le temps.

Word origin

French successif comes from Latin successivus, based on succedere, meaning to follow or come after.

Usage tips

  • Successif means successive, not successful; the English-looking noun succès means success.

Other meanings

  • successiveadjective

Opposites

Related words

  • successivementsuccessivelyadverb
  • successionsuccessionnoun

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