successive

successif, consécutif

Qui se suivent sans interruption ni autre élément entre eux.

En anglais simple : Following one after another, without a break or a different thing in between.

• It rained for three successive days.
• Successive governments have promised to improve the roads.
• The team suffered five successive defeats.

Synonymes : consecutive, back-to-back

Contraires : nonconsecutive

Expressions courantes : successive years, successive generations, three successive wins

héréditaire

Qui passe d’une personne à une autre au sein d’une même lignée familiale.

En anglais simple : Passed from one person to another through a family line.

• The document described the title as successive.
• The family claimed successive rights to the estate.
• That ancient law established a successive claim through the male line.

Synonymes : hereditary, inherited

Expressions courantes : a successive title, successive rights, successive inheritance