complimentary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/
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• General-American: kŏm'plĭ-mĕnʹtə-rē
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• General-American: -trē
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• General-American: /ˌkɑmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/
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• homophone: complementary
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• rhymes with -ɛntəɹi
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• rhymes with -ɛntɹi
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA2 M P L AH0 M EH1 N T ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From compliment (noun) + -ary. Piecewise doublet of complementary.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vleiende — in the nature of a compliment
• Arabic: إِطْرَائِيّ (ʔiṭrāʔiyy) — in the nature of a compliment
• Basque: osagarriak — in the nature of a compliment
• Bulgarian: хвалебствен (hvalebstven) — in the nature of a compliment
• Bulgarian: ласкателен (laskatelen) — in the nature of a compliment
• Chinese Mandarin: 赞美的 — in the nature of a compliment
• Dutch: vleiend — in the nature of a compliment
• Esperanto: komplimenta — in the nature of a compliment
• Finnish: kohtelias — in the nature of a compliment
• Finnish: imarteleva — in the nature of a compliment
• French: flatteur — in the nature of a compliment
• French: laudatif — in the nature of a compliment
• Galician: lisonjeiro — in the nature of a compliment
• German: schmeichelnd — in the nature of a compliment
• German: bauchpinselnd — in the nature of a compliment
• Greek: κολακευτικός (kolakeftikós) — in the nature of a compliment
• Hungarian: bókoló — in the nature of a compliment
• Hungarian: dicsérő — in the nature of a compliment
• Hungarian: elismerő — in the nature of a compliment
• Hungarian: hízelgő — in the nature of a compliment
• Korean: 아첨하는 (acheomhaneun) — in the nature of a compliment
• Latvian: glaimojošs — in the nature of a compliment
• Portuguese: lisonjeiro — in the nature of a compliment
• Romanian: laudativ — in the nature of a compliment
• Romanian: măgulitor — in the nature of a compliment
• Russian: ле́стный (léstnyj) — in the nature of a compliment
• Spanish: lisonjero — in the nature of a compliment
• Swedish: komplimentär — in the nature of a compliment
• Swedish: komplimenterande — in the nature of a compliment
• Tagalog: nakakabigay-puri — in the nature of a compliment
• Welsh: canmoliaethus — in the nature of a compliment
• Welsh: clodforus — in the nature of a compliment
• Bulgarian: гратис (gratis) — free; provided at no charge
• Bulgarian: безплатен (bezplaten) — free; provided at no charge
• Chinese Mandarin: 免费赠送的 — free; provided at no charge
• Finnish: ilmainen — free; provided at no charge
• Finnish: vapaa- — free; provided at no charge
• French: gratuit — free; provided at no charge
• German: kostenlos — free; provided at no charge
• German: gratis — free; provided at no charge
• Hungarian: tisztelet- — free; provided at no charge
• Hungarian: ajándék — free; provided at no charge
• Hungarian: ingyenes — free; provided at no charge
• Polish: nieodpłatny — free; provided at no charge
• Polish: darmowy — free; provided at no charge
• Romanian: gratuit — free; provided at no charge
• Russian: беспла́тный (besplátnyj) — free; provided at no charge
• Spanish: de regalo — free; provided at no charge
• Spanish: de obsequio — free; provided at no charge
• Swedish: kostnadsfri — free; provided at no charge
• Turkish: bedava — free; provided at no charge
• Turkish: ücretsiz — free; provided at no charge
• Welsh: rhadlon — free; provided at no charge
• Welsh: am ddim — free; provided at no charge
• Bulgarian: поздравителен (pozdravitelen) — with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional
• Chinese Mandarin: 问候的 — with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional
• Hungarian: záró — with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional
• Hungarian: elköszönő — with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional
• Hungarian: levélzárás — with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional
• Hungarian: levélzáradék — with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional
• Romanian: de felicitare — with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional
• Turkish: mültefit — with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional
• Turkish: iltifatkâr — with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional