compliment

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈkɑmpləmənt/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒmplɪmənt/

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Etymology 1

From French, from Italian complimento, from Vulgar Latin complire, from Latin complere

Noun

compliment (plural compliments)

1. An expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.
2. (uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
   • 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, 3:

     This accomplished man condescended to think of a young girl, and take the pains to talk to her, not with absurd compliment, but with an appeal to her understanding, and sometimes with instructive correction.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:praise

Derived terms

• with compliments

Translations

expression of praise, congratulation or encouragement

Arabic: مجاملة (ar) (mujaamila) f. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: похвала (bg) f., любезност (bg) f., комплимент (bg) m. Czech: poklona (cs) f. Danish: kompliment (da) c. Dutch: compliment (nl) Finnish: kohteliaisuus, kohteliaisuudenosoitus French: compliment (fr) m. German: Kompliment (de) n. Greek: φιλοφρόνηση (el) f. Hebrew: מחמאה (he) (makhma'á) f. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: bók (hu)

Italian: complimento (it) m. Japanese: お世辞  (ja) (oseji) Korean: please add this translation if you can Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Polish: komplement (pl) m. Portuguese: elogio (pt) m. Russian: комплимент (ru) m. Spanish: cumplido (es) m. Swedish: komplimang (sv) c. Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: övgü (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From French, from Italian complimento Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir, from Vulgar Latin complire, from Latin complere.

Verb

compliment (third-person singular simple present compliments, present participle complimenting, simple past and past participle complimented)

1. (intransitive) To pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion.

Translations

to pay a compliment; to express a favorable opinion

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: хваля (bg), правя комплимент (bg) Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: komplimentere (da) Dutch: complimenteren, een compliment geven Finnish: lausua kohteliaisuus French: complimenter (fr), faire des compliments (fr) German: beglückwünschen, ein Kompliment machen Greek: κολακεύω (el), επαινώ (el), παινεύω (el) Hebrew: החמיא (he) (hekhmí)

Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: bókol (hu) Italian: complimentarsi (it) Norwegian: komplimentere (no), gi kompliment Portuguese: elogiar (pt) Russian: говорить комплименты (ru) (govorít’ kompliménty) Spanish: felicitar (es) Swedish: ge en komplimang (sv), komplimentera (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can