successor

English

Alternative forms

successour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səkˈsɛsə(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

successor (plural successors)

A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
- 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:
  As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.
The next heir in order or succession.
A person who inherits a title or office.
(arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.

Synonyms

(person or thing that immediately follows another): aftercomer (uncommon); see also Thesaurus:successor

Antonyms

(person or thing that immediately follows another): predecessor; see also Thesaurus:predecessor

Translations

person or thing that immediately follows another

Chinese:
Mandarin: 繼任者 (zh), 继任者 (zh) (jìrènzhě)
Czech: následník m, nástupce m
Dutch: opvolger (nl) m
Esperanto: posteulo (eo), sekvanto
Finnish: seuraaja (fi)
French: successeur (fr) m, successeure (fr) f, successeuse (fr) f
Georgian: შემცვლელი (šemcvleli), შემდეგი (šemdegi), მემკვიდრე (memḳvidre)
German: Nachfolger (de) m, Nachfolgerin f
Greek: διάδοχος (el) m or f (diádochos)
Ancient: διάδοχος m or f (diádokhos)
Indonesian: penerus (id)

Italian: successore (it) m, succeditrice f (rare)
Japanese: 後任 (ja) (こうにん, kōnin), 後継者 (こうけいしゃ, kōkeisha), 継承者 (けいしょうしゃ, keishōsha)
Latin: successor m
Maori: whakakapi, piki tūranga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: etterkommer m, etterfølger (no) m, oppfølger m

Nynorsk: etterkomar m, etterkommar m, etterfylgjar m, etterfølgar m, etterfølgjar m, oppfylgjar m, oppfølgar m, oppfølgjar m
Old English: æfterfylgend m, æftergenga m
Portuguese: sucessor (pt) m, sucessora f
Russian: прее́мник (ru) m (prejémnik), прее́мница (ru) f (prejémnica)
Spanish: sucesor (es), sucesora f
Swahili: mwandamizi (sw)

next heir in order or succession

Esperanto: heredonto
Finnish: seuraaja (fi), manttelinperijä, kruununperijä (fi)
Georgian: მემკვიდრე (memḳvidre)
German: Nachfolger (de) m, Nachfolgerin f
Greek: διάδοχος (el) m or f (diádochos)
Ancient: διάδοχος m or f (diádokhos)
Indonesian: pewaris (id)

Italian: erede (it) m or f
Japanese: 相続人 (ja) (そうぞくじん, sōzokujin)
Latin: successor m
Maori: piki tūranga, piki tūranga
Polish: następca (pl) m
Portuguese: sucessor (pt) m, sucessora f
Russian: насле́дник (ru) m (naslédnik), насле́дница (ru) f (naslédnica)

person who inherits a title or office

Esperanto: posteulo (eo)
Finnish: seuraaja (fi), vallanperijä
Georgian: მემკვიდრე (memḳvidre)
German: Nachfolger (de) m, Nachfolgerin f
Greek: διάδοχος (el) m or f (diádochos)
Indonesian: pewaris (id)
Italian: successore (it) m, succeditrice f

Japanese: 後任 (ja) (こうにん, kōnin), 後継者 (こうけいしゃ, kōkeisha), 継承者 (けいしょうしゃ, keishōsha)
Maori: piki tūranga, whākapi
Polish: następca (pl) m
Portuguese: sucessor (pt) m, sucessora f
Romanian: moștenitor (ro) m
Russian: насле́дник (ru) m (naslédnik), насле́дница (ru) f (naslédnica), правопрее́мник (ru) m (pravoprejémnik), правопрее́мница (ru) f (pravoprejémnica)

integer or cardinal immediately following another

Finnish: seuraaja (fi)
Icelandic: eftirfari m
Italian: successore (it) m

Polish: następnik m
Swahili: mwandamizi (sw)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} opvolger (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} opvolgster (nl) f

Catalan

Noun

successor m (plural successors)

successor

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sukˈkes.sor/, [sʊkˈkɛs.sɔr]

Noun

successor m (genitive successōris); third declension

follower, successor

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	successor	successōrēs
Genitive	successōris	successōrum
Dative	successōrī	successōribus
Accusative	successōrem	successōrēs
Ablative	successōre	successōribus
Vocative	successor	successōrēs

References

successor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
successor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
successor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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