complimento

See also: complimentò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.pliˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: com‧pli‧mén‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cumplimiento. Doublet of complemento.

Noun

complimento m (plural complimenti)

1. (in the plural) congratulations

   Synonyms: congratulazione, congratulazioni, felicitazione, felicitazioni, rallegramento, rallegramenti

   fare i complimenti a qualcuno per qualcosa ― to congratulate somebody on something

2. compliment
3. (in the plural) regards

   Synonyms: ossequio, ossequi

4. (in the plural) fuss, ceremony, ceremoniousness

   Synonyms: cerimonia, cerimonie

Derived terms

• complimentarsi
• complimentoso

Related terms

• compimento
• compiere

Descendants

• → French: compliment
  • → Danish: kompliment
  • → Dutch: compliment
  • → English: compliment
  • → German: Kompliment, Compliment
    • → Czech: kompliment
    • → Estonian: kompliment
    • → Hungarian: kompliment
  • → Norwegian: kompliment
  • → Polish: komplement
  • → Russian: комплиме́нт (komplimént)
    • → Armenian: կոմպլիմենտ (kompliment)
    • → Georgian: კომპლიმენტი (ḳomṗlimenṭi)
    • → Ukrainian: компліме́нт (komplimént)
  • → Swedish: komplimang
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قومپلیمان (kompliman)
    • Turkish: kompliman

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

complimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of complimentare