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Pol. accession au trône; avènement [du roi/de la reine]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > accession to the throne
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accession [æk'seʃən]1 noun(a) (to office, position, power) accession f (to à); (to fortune) accession f, entrée f en possession;∎ Queen Victoria's accession (to the throne) l'accession f au trône ou l'avènement m de la reine Victoria(b) (addition to collection) nouvelle acquisition f(c) (increase) augmentation f, accroissement menregistrer►► accession number (of book) numéro m de catalogue -
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[ək'seʃən]1) (a coming to the position of king or queen: in the year of the Queen's accession (to the throne).) avènement2) (an addition: There are several new accessions to the library.) acquisition -
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succession [sək'seʃən]∎ a succession of visitors une succession ou une suite de visiteurs;∎ we won three years in succession nous avons gagné trois ans de suite;∎ for five years in succession pendant cinq années consécutives ou cinq ans de suite;∎ she made three phone calls in succession elle a passé trois coups de fil de suite;∎ they filed into the room in close succession ils sont entrés dans la pièce les uns derrière les autres;∎ the fireworks went off in quick or rapid succession les feux d'artifice sont partis les uns après les autres;∎ he got several promotions in rapid succession il a eu plusieurs promotions coup sur coup;∎ they fired questions at him in rapid succession ils l'ont soumis à un feu roulant de questions;∎ a succession of gains and losses une succession de gains et de pertes(b) (ascension to power) succession f;∎ his succession to the post sa succession au poste;∎ she's first in succession (to the throne) elle occupe la première place dans l'ordre de succession (au trône);∎ at the time of his succession to the throne au moment de son accession au trône;∎ in succession to her boss à la suite de son patron
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