Success in Different Languages
Discover 'Success' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Success
Afrikaans sukses | ||
Albanian sukses | ||
Amharic ስኬት | ||
Arabic نجاح | ||
Armenian հաջողություն | ||
Assamese সফলতা | ||
Aymara kusapana | ||
Azerbaijani uğur | ||
Bambara sanga | ||
Basque arrakasta | ||
Belarusian поспех | ||
Bengali সাফল্য | ||
Bhojpuri सफलता | ||
Bosnian uspjeh | ||
Bulgarian успех | ||
Catalan èxit | ||
Cebuano kalampusan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 成功 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 成功 | ||
Corsican successu | ||
Croatian uspjeh | ||
Czech úspěch | ||
Danish succes | ||
Dhivehi ކާމިޔާބު | ||
Dogri कामयाबी | ||
Dutch succes | ||
English success | ||
Esperanto sukceso | ||
Estonian edu | ||
Ewe dzidzedzekpᴐkpᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tagumpay | ||
Finnish menestys | ||
French succès | ||
Frisian sukses | ||
Galician éxito | ||
Georgian წარმატება | ||
German erfolg | ||
Greek επιτυχία | ||
Guarani ñesẽporã | ||
Gujarati સફળતા | ||
Haitian Creole siksè | ||
Hausa nasara | ||
Hawaiian kūleʻa | ||
Hebrew הַצלָחָה | ||
Hindi सफलता | ||
Hmong kev vam meej | ||
Hungarian siker | ||
Icelandic árangur | ||
Igbo ihe ịga nke ọma | ||
Ilocano balligi | ||
Indonesian keberhasilan | ||
Irish rath | ||
Italian successo | ||
Japanese 成功 | ||
Javanese sukses | ||
Kannada ಯಶಸ್ಸು | ||
Kazakh жетістік | ||
Khmer ជោគជ័យ | ||
Kinyarwanda intsinzi | ||
Konkani येस | ||
Korean 성공 | ||
Krio go bifo | ||
Kurdish serketinî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سەرکەوتن | ||
Kyrgyz ийгилик | ||
Lao ຄວາມສໍາເລັດ | ||
Latin victoria | ||
Latvian panākumi | ||
Lingala kolonga | ||
Lithuanian sėkmė | ||
Luganda okuyita | ||
Luxembourgish erfolleg | ||
Macedonian успех | ||
Maithili सफलता | ||
Malagasy fety | ||
Malay kejayaan | ||
Malayalam വിജയം | ||
Maltese suċċess | ||
Maori angitu | ||
Marathi यश | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯥꯏ ꯄꯥꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo hlawhtling | ||
Mongolian амжилт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အောင်မြင်မှု | ||
Nepali सफलता | ||
Norwegian suksess | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kupambana | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଫଳତା | ||
Oromo milkaa'ina | ||
Pashto بریا | ||
Persian موفقیت | ||
Polish powodzenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) sucesso | ||
Punjabi ਸਫਲਤਾ | ||
Quechua allinmi | ||
Romanian succes | ||
Russian успех | ||
Samoan manuia | ||
Sanskrit सफलता | ||
Scots Gaelic soirbheachas | ||
Sepedi katlego | ||
Serbian успех | ||
Sesotho katleho | ||
Shona kubudirira | ||
Sindhi ڪاميابي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සාර්ථකත්වය | ||
Slovak úspech | ||
Slovenian uspeh | ||
Somali guul | ||
Spanish éxito | ||
Sundanese kasuksésan | ||
Swahili mafanikio | ||
Swedish framgång | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tagumpay | ||
Tajik муваффақият | ||
Tamil வெற்றி | ||
Tatar уңыш | ||
Telugu విజయం | ||
Thai ความสำเร็จ | ||
Tigrinya ዓወት | ||
Tsonga humelela | ||
Turkish başarı | ||
Turkmen üstünlik | ||
Twi (Akan) nkunimdie | ||
Ukrainian успіху | ||
Urdu کامیابی | ||
Uyghur مۇۋەپپەقىيەت | ||
Uzbek muvaffaqiyat | ||
Vietnamese sự thành công | ||
Welsh llwyddiant | ||
Xhosa impumelelo | ||
Yiddish הצלחה | ||
Yoruba aṣeyọri | ||
Zulu impumelelo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "sukses" in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "succes", which itself comes from the Latin word "successus", meaning "result" or "outcome." |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "sukses" is derived from the Latin word "succedere," meaning "to come after" or "to follow," implying a sequence of events leading to a positive outcome. |
| Amharic | The noun "ስኬት" "success" derives from the verb "स्कन्दति" meaning "to step" or "to climb" in Sanskrit. |
| Arabic | The word "نجاح" also signifies "attaining" or "achieving" in Arabic, highlighting the active pursuit and accomplishment of goals. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "uğur" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Turkish word "uğur", which means "good luck" or "auspiciousness". |
| Basque | "Arrakasta" (success) means "harvest" in Basque. When someone had a plentiful harvest, they "succeeded". |
| Belarusian | The word "поспех" can mean not only "success" but also "haste" or "hurry" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "সাফল্য" (success) is derived from the Sanskrit word "सफल" (saphal), which means "bearing fruit" or "yielding a result". |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word "uspjeh" comes from the Old Slavic word "uspeh", which means "progress" or "advancement". |
| Bulgarian | "Успех" in Bulgarian is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "усьпѣхъ", which originally meant "progress" or "achievement". |
| Catalan | The word "èxit" in Catalan also has the alternate meaning of "outcome", as in the outcome of an event or action. |
| Cebuano | The word |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 成 (chéng) refers to completion or becoming and 功 (gōng) denotes merit or achievement. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Besides the obvious meaning, '成' also means 'complete' and '功' means 'merit', 'achievement' or 'accomplishment' so '成功' can also mean to have made great and honorable achievements in terms of wealth, relationships, academics or a person's talents. |
| Corsican | Corsican successu comes from Latin successus and also means 'the act of coming after' |
| Croatian | The word 'uspjeh' has the same root as 'uspeti', which means 'to achieve, succeed, accomplish' |
| Czech | "Úspěch" comes from the verb "spět" which means "to rush" or "to hurry", so it literally means "achievement through hustle". |
| Danish | Succes, a Danish word for "success", also means "a big piece of chocolate" |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "succes" can also refer to a sequence or series, derived from the Latin word "successio". |
| Esperanto | Etymology: from Esperanto sukcesi "to achieve, to succeed", from Latin succedere. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "edu" has the same root as the Latin word "edere," meaning "to eat." |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "menestys" is derived from the verb "mennä" (to go) and the noun "sti" (path) |
| French | The word "succès" in French comes from the Latin word "successus", meaning "outcome" or "result", and can also refer to a favourable reception or approval. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "sukses" is used as a noun meaning "a successful outcome" and as a verb meaning "to achieve success." |
| Galician | The word "éxito" in Galician can also refer to a way out or a solution. |
| German | Erfolg, a German word for success, is derived from the Middle High German word "erfolgen," meaning "to follow after" or "to achieve." |
| Greek | The word "επιτυχία" comes from the Greek word "τυγχάνω," meaning "to hit the mark" or "to attain." |
| Gujarati | Gujarati word "સફળતા" literally translates to "fruitful completion" or "bearing fruit". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "siksè" derives from the French word "succès", which in turn originated from the Latin word "successus", meaning "an outcome" or "a following after". |
| Hausa | The word "nasara" can also refer to "victory" or "triumph". |
| Hawaiian | "Kūleʻa" also means "to be easy" or "not difficult," implying that success should come effortlessly. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "הַצלָחָה" (hatzlacha) originally meant "prosperity" or "well-being" in a physical sense, rather than the abstract notion of "success" that it connotes today. |
| Hindi | 'सफलता' (success), from 'सत्' (excellence) and 'फल' (result), connotes both achieving a positive outcome and the inherent value of the process. |
| Hmong | Kev vam meej can also be translated to 'a good day,' 'good fortune,' or 'luck' |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "siker" ultimately derives from the Turkic word "sïγ" meaning "victory" and "success." |
| Icelandic | "Árægnir" is a verb meaning "to succeed" and is related to the noun "árangur" meaning "success". |
| Igbo | The term "ihe ịga nke ọma" is often translated as "success" in English. However, its literal meaning is more nuanced, encompassing not only the attainment of a goal but also the underlying progress and effort involved. |
| Indonesian | Keberhasilan is derived from the Old Javanese word kasil, meaning "outcome" or "result". |
| Irish | In Middle Irish, 'rath' was also used to refer to a type of fort or ringfort, a circular enclosure with earthen banks and ditches. |
| Italian | In Italian, "successo" is also colloquial for "incident" or "event". |
| Japanese | The Kanji "成" originally meant "to come into being" but gradually shifted to its modern meaning "to accomplish". |
| Javanese | "Sukses" also means "to finish" or "to end" a task or activity in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಯಶಸ್ಸು" can also refer to "good fortune" or "winning". |
| Kazakh | "Жетістік" (success) is believed to originate from "жету" (to reach), referring to achieving a desired outcome. |
| Khmer | In Khmer, ជោគជ័យ (choak chey) refers to both 'success' and 'luck', highlighting the intertwined nature of effort and fortune in Cambodian culture. |
| Korean | The word "성공" (success) originally meant "to achieve one's goals" or "to accomplish something." |
| Kurdish | Kurmanci 'serketinî' (success) originally meant 'having a head' ('serî', head) and referred to completing a task or undertaking with one's head held high. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "ийгилик" can also refer to a state of prosperity or well-being. |
| Latin | The Latin word "victoria" is related to "vir", meaning "man," and may have originally referred to the triumph of a conquering warrior. |
| Latvian | The word 'panākumi' in Latvian is related to the verb 'panākt', meaning 'to achieve' or 'to reach'. |
| Lithuanian | The word "sėkmė" derives from the Baltic word "sekas", meaning "companion" or "luck". |
| Macedonian | "Успех" in Macedonian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *usъpěchъ, which means "attainment". |
| Malagasy | FETY can also mean 'accomplishment', 'achievement', or 'victory'. |
| Malay | "kejayaan" (meaning "success" in Malay) is derived from the Sanskrit word "jaya," meaning "conquer" or "be victorious." |
| Malayalam | The word "വിജയം" (vijayam) in Malayalam is derived from the Sanskrit word "विजय" (vijaya), meaning "victory". It can also refer to "triumph" or "accomplishment". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "suċċess" is derived from the Latin word "successus", meaning "a good outcome". |
| Maori | The word 'angitu' can also refer to the act of succeeding or reaching a goal. |
| Marathi | The word "यश" in Marathi derives from the Sanskrit word "यशस्" meaning "glory, fame," and "renown." |
| Mongolian | The word amjilt may also refer to a completed task or achievement |
| Nepali | The word "सफलता" is derived from the Sanskrit root "saha-phal" meaning "with fruit" or "bearing fruit". |
| Norwegian | Suksess comes from the French word 'succès', which itself is derived from Latin 'successus' |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "kupambana" not only means "success" but also "to fight" or "to struggle." |
| Pashto | The word is also used figuratively to mean a victory or achievement, particularly in athletics. |
| Persian | Alternate meanings for "موفقیت" include "being on the way" or "having achieved or attained one's goal". |
| Polish | "Powodzenie" comes from the Polish word "powodzić, " which means "to drive," "to move," "to advance," "to lead," and "to guide." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Sucesso" has its roots in the Latin word "successus," meaning "a going forward, progress, or result." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਫਲਤਾ" (/səfəltɑː/ "success") is derived from the Sanskrit word "सफलता" (/səfəlɑːtɑː/), which means "the state of having achieved one's goal". It can also mean "prosperity" or "well-being". |
| Romanian | succes (n.) < Latin "successus" meaning "result," "outcome," or "progress." |
| Russian | Russian "успех" derives from Old Church Slavonic and means both "to achieve" and "to keep up with". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word 'manuia' has a dual meaning beyond 'success', also conveying 'blessing' or 'gift' |
| Scots Gaelic | The original meaning of the Gaelic word "soirbheachas" was "a favorable omen," and also had associations with the "lucky side" of a hill. |
| Serbian | The word "успех" can also refer to "good luck" or "fortune". |
| Shona | Kubudirira (success) is derived from the word 'kuvudirira', meaning 'to become prosperous'. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word "کامِيابي" can also mean "a happy ending" or "fulfillment of a wish or desire." |
| Slovak | The word "úspech" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "usъpekhъ" meaning "help from God" or "providence". |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, the word "uspeh" derives from the Old Slavic word "uspěti", meaning "to accomplish" or "to achieve". |
| Somali | "Guul" is also used in the context of "ripening" or "reaching a state of perfection" |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "éxito" derives from the Latin word "exitus" which can mean either "exit" or "outcome". |
| Sundanese | It is a cognate of the Javanese |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "mafanikio" is derived from the Arabic word "falaha," which means "to succeed," and the Bantu prefix "ma," which forms abstract nouns. |
| Swedish | Framgång can also mean "advancement" or "progress" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Tagumpay is derived from the word 'tagum' meaning 'to follow', indicating success as the result of pursuing and achieving a goal. |
| Tajik | The word "муваффақият" is derived from the Arabic word "muwāfaqah", which means "agreement" or "conformity". |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "வெற்றி" (vetri) also means "white" or "purity", underscoring the association between success and light and goodness. |
| Telugu | Telugu "విజయం" ('success') is cognate with Sanskrit "विजय" ('victory'), both deriving from Proto-Indo-European root "weik-" ('to conquer'). |
| Thai | In Thai, the word "ความสำเร็จ" derives from the Sanskrit word "sampatti", meaning "attainment" or "acquisition". It also holds connotations of wealth and prosperity. |
| Turkish | The word "başarı" in Turkish also has the meanings of "step", "rank", and "stage". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word «успіху» is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *opъxъ, which also meant "good luck". |
| Urdu | Derived from the Arabic word "kamiya" meaning "excellence" or "perfection," "kamyabi" can also refer to "attainment" or "fulfillment" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "muvaffaqiyat" in Uzbek ultimately derives from the Arabic word "muwaffaq", meaning "to agree" or "to be successful", and can also refer to "happiness" or "well-being". |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "thành" means "to become, to attain," and "công" means "work, labor, or task," so "sự thành công" literally means "the attainment of a result from work or effort." |
| Welsh | The word 'llwyddiant' can also refer to a 'blessing' or 'prosperity', and is derived from the Welsh word 'llwyddo', meaning 'to succeed' or 'to prosper'. |
| Xhosa | "Impumelelo" is related to the word "impumela," which means "to finish." |
| Yiddish | הצלחה, in Yiddish, can also mean 'completion' or 'achievement' and is related to the Hebrew word סֵדֶר (seder), meaning 'order' or 'arrangement'. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "aṣeyọri" also implies the concept of "completion," denoting that something has been fully accomplished. |
| Zulu | Impumelelo's origin is disputed, it may stem from either "impi" (regiment) or "impume" (buffalo). In Zulu culture, both regiments and buffaloes are symbols of strength. |
| English | The word 'success' derives from the Latin word 'succedere,' which means 'to go under' or 'to come after,' indicating a positive outcome following an undertaking or endeavor. |