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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)
- (in the plural) congratulations
- Synonyms: congratulazione, congratulazioni, felicitazione, felicitazioni, rallegramento, rallegramenti
- fare i complimenti a qualcuno per qualcosa ― to congratulate somebody on something
- compliment
- (in the plural) regards
- Synonyms: ossequio, ossequi
- (in the plural) fuss, ceremony, ceremoniousness
- Synonyms: cerimonia, cerimonie
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
complimento
- first-person singular present indicative of complimentare