compliment

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
2. (uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
3. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of complement.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
2. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of complement.

Teenoorgestelde van

insult

Sinonieme

praise

flatter

laud

commend

extol

congratulate

eulogy

flattery

commendation

eulogize

applause

👏

applaud

admire

acclaim

kudos

congratulation

exalt

adulation

encomium

regard

salutation

salute

esteem

adulate

court

greeting

👋

congratulations

㊗️

admiration

felicitate

felicitation

wish

acclamation

greetings

👋

approbation

approval

stroke

glorify

commemorate

respect

venerate

veneration

devoir

eulogise

fawn on

words of praise

civil words

praise highly

send one's greetings

attentiveness

bestow

Vertalings

complimento

㊗️

compliment

Kompliment

compliment

φιλοφρόνηση

cumplido

loben

elogio

felicitar

flatterie

complimenter

beglückwünschen

complimenteren

cumplimiento

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkɑmpləmənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French compliment, itself a borrowing of Italian complimento, which in turn is a borrowing from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir (“to comply, complete, do what is proper”) + -miento or Latin complēmentum. Doublet of complement. Displaced Old English ġeswǣsnes.