complimenter

English

Etymology

From compliment +‎ -er.

Noun

complimenter (plural complimenters)

  1. Someone who compliments.

References

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).

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