complimenter

English

Etymology

From compliment +‎ -er.

Noun

complimenter (plural complimenters)

1. Someone who compliments.

References

• “complimenter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

complimenter

1. to compliment

Conjugation

Conjugation of complimenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	complimenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	complimentant /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		complimenté /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	complimente /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃t/	complimentes /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃t/	complimente /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃t/	complimentons /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	complimentez /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.te/	complimentent /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect	complimentais /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tɛ/	complimentais /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tɛ/	complimentait /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tɛ/	complimentions /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	complimentiez /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tje/	complimentaient /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	complimentai /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.te/	complimentas /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.ta/	complimenta /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.ta/	complimentâmes /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tam/	complimentâtes /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tat/	complimentèrent /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	complimenterai /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tʁe/	complimenteras /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tʁa/	complimentera /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tʁa/	complimenterons /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	complimenterez /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tʁe/	complimenteront /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	complimenterais /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	complimenterais /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	complimenterait /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	complimenterions /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	complimenteriez /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	complimenteraient /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	complimente /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃t/	complimentes /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃t/	complimente /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃t/	complimentions /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	complimentiez /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tje/	complimentent /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	complimentasse /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tas/	complimentasses /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tas/	complimentât /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.ta/	complimentassions /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	complimentassiez /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.ta.sje/	complimentassent /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	complimente /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃t/	—	complimentons /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	complimentez /kɔ̃.pli.mɑ̃.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “complimenter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.