"compliment" meaning in French

See compliment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-compliment.ogg Forms: compliments [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian complimento, itself a borrowing from Spanish cumplimiento, from Latin complēmentum. Doublet of complément. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|it|complimento|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian complimento, {{bor+|fr|it|complimento}} Borrowed from Italian complimento, {{der|fr|es|cumplimiento}} Spanish cumplimiento, {{der|fr|la|complēmentum}} Latin complēmentum, {{doublet|fr|complément}} Doublet of complément Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} compliment m (plural compliments)
  1. compliment (positive comment) Tags: masculine Derived forms: complimenter
    Sense id: en-compliment-fr-noun-1xRAlXem Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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