complimenter

English

Etymology

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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