réussir

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French

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Etymology

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Back-formation from réussite (success), a borrowing from Italian riuscita (result, outcome; success).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁe.y.siʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

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réussir

  1. (intransitive, followed by à and infinitive) to manage to do something
  2. (transitive) to pass (a test); to succeed at something
    J’ai réussi tous mes examens
    I passed all my exams

Conjugation

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This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Descendants

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  • German: reüssieren
  • Romanian: reuși

Further reading

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