compliment no Dicionário de Francês-Inglês da Oxford-Hachette

Traduções para compliment no dicionário inglês»francês

I.compliment SUBST [Brit ˈkɒmplɪm(ə)nt, americ ˈkɑmpləmənt]

compliment

compliment m

to pay sb a compliment

faire un compliment à qn

to return the compliment literal

retourner le compliment

to return the compliment fig

répondre de la même façon

coming from him, that's quite a compliment

venant de lui c'est un beau compliment

II.compliments SUBST subst pl

1. compliments (in expressions of praise):

compliments

compliments mpl

to give sb one's compliments

faire ses compliments à qn

my compliments to the chef

mes compliments au chef

2. compliments (in expressions of politeness):

‘with compliments’ (on transmission slip)

‘avec tous nos compliments’

‘with the compliments of the management’

‘avec les compliments de la direction’

‘with the compliments of the author’

‘avec les hommages de l'auteur’

3. compliments (in greetings):

‘with the compliments of the season’ (on Christmas cards)

‘meilleurs vœux’

my compliments to your wife formal

mes hommages à votre femme

III.compliment VERBO trans [Brit ˈkɒmplɪmɛnt, americ ˈkɑmpləˌmɛnt]

compliment

complimenter (on sur)

compliment

faire des compliments à (on sur)

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reciprocate compliment

retourner

heavy-handed person, remark, compliment, approach

maladroit

lap up compliment, flattery

boire [qc] comme du petit lait

soapy compliment, voice, tone

mielleux/-euse

a dubious honour/compliment

un honneur/un compliment qui n'en est pas un

Traduções para compliment no dicionário francês»inglês

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complimenter

to compliment (sur, pour on, pour avoir ou d'avoir fait on having done)

madrigal antiq

compliment

cajolerie (parole)

compliment

compliment

compliment

il lui a retourné ou renvoyé le compliment

he returned the compliment

faire un compliment à qn

to compliment sb ou to pay sb a compliment (sur on)

faire des compliments à qn

to compliment sb (sur, pour on)

compliment no Dicionário PONS

Traduções para compliment no dicionário inglês»francês

I.compliment [ˈkɒmplɪmənt, americ ˈkɑ:mplə-] SUBST

compliment

compliment m

to pay sb a compliment

adresser un compliment à qn

with compliments

avec tous nos compliments

Expressões:

to be fishing for compliments

mendier les éloges

II.compliment [ˈkɒmplɪmənt, americ ˈkɑ:mplə-] VERBO trans

to compliment sb on sth

complimenter qn pour qc

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to pay sb a compliment

faire un compliment à qn

to compliment sb on sth

féliciter qn pour qc

Traduções para compliment no dicionário francês»inglês

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compliment

compliment

complimenter qn pour [ou sur] qc

to compliment sb on sth

adresser un compliment à qn

to pay sb a compliment

mademoiselle

In France, unmarried women are called Mademoiselle, and married women Madame. At a certain age, this is also a compliment.

retourner un compliment à qn

to return the compliment to sb

compliment Exemplos do Dicionário PONS (verificados pela redação)

to pay sb a compliment

faire un compliment à qn

to compliment sb on sth

féliciter qn pour qc

to pay sb a compliment

adresser un compliment à qn

to compliment sb on sth

complimenter qn pour qc

In France, unmarried women are called Mademoiselle, and married women Madame. At a certain age, this is also a compliment.

mademoiselle

to return the compliment to sb

retourner un compliment à qn

Exemplos unilingues (não verificados pela redação)

inglês

This obsequious compliment is scarcely to be taken seriously.

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To compliment her new colour, she was given a 1950s-era beige palette for a glamourous but not overdone look.

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If he pays me a compliment, then fine, how nice.

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Mike detests his act but is required to laugh uproariously and compliment it on air every week.

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She returned the compliment more accurately than her adversaries, as her antiaircraft battery splashed two of the offending bombers.

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The term, which is used in a pejorative or ironic sense, can also be used as a backhanded compliment to someone's perseverance, cleverness, or thrift.

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It is never a compliment when politicians plagiarise ideas or comments from journalists without acknowledging their work.

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To some who said catcalls and such should be taken as a compliment, she said.

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They work well together as a couple because they compliment one another's neurosis.

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It's a real compliment -- it would be churlish not to accept one.

www.telegraph.co.uk