"succès fou" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: succès fous [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French succès fou (literally “mad success”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|succès fou|lit=mad success}} French succès fou (literally “mad success”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|nolinkhead=1}} succès fou (plural succès fous)
  1. A tremendous success.
    Sense id: en-succès_fou-en-noun-OBB-hWDl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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