compliment

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

compliment

complimenter

flatterie

hommage

vœu

faire des compliments

faire un compliment

félicitation

féliciter

Opposé de

insult

Synonymes

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

Traductions

complimento

㊗️

Kompliment

compliment

cumplido

φιλοφρόνηση

complimenteren

cumplimiento

iltifat

elogio

beglückwünschen

felicitar

loben

επαινώ

φιλοφρόνημα

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɑmpləmənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.