flattery

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• UK: /ˈflæt.ə.ɹi/
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• US: /ˈflæt.ɚ.i/
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Borrowed from Irish Ó Flaithre.

From Middle English flaterye, flaterie, from Old French flaterie, from the verb flater (“to flatter”). By surface analysis, flatter + -y (forming abstract nouns).

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: lajka — excessive praise
• Belarusian: ліслі́васць (lislívascʹ) — excessive praise
• Belarusian: лёсткі (ljóstki) — excessive praise
• Belarusian: лёстачкі (ljóstački) — excessive praise
• Bulgarian: ласкателство (laskatelstvo) — excessive praise
• Catalan: adulació — excessive praise
• Chinese Mandarin: 吹捧 (chuīpěng) — excessive praise
• Chinese Mandarin: 马屁 (mǎpì) — excessive praise
• Chinese Mandarin: 奉承 (fèngchéng) — excessive praise
• Chinese Mandarin: 逢迎 (féngyíng) — excessive praise
• Czech: lichocení — excessive praise
• Czech: pochlebování — excessive praise
• Danish: smiger — excessive praise
• Dutch: vleierij — excessive praise
• Esperanto: flato — excessive praise
• Finnish: imartelu — excessive praise
• Finnish: mielistely — excessive praise
• French: flatterie — excessive praise
• Galician: adulación — excessive praise
• German: Schmeichelei — excessive praise
• German: Schöntuerei — excessive praise
• German: Schmus — excessive praise
• Greek: κολακεία (kolakeía) — excessive praise
• Ancient Greek: κολακεία (kolakeía) — excessive praise
• Hindi: चापलूसी (cāplūsī) — excessive praise
• Hungarian: hízelgés — excessive praise
• Hungarian: hízelkedés — excessive praise
• Irish: spleáchas — excessive praise
• Irish: spleá — excessive praise
• Irish: bladar — excessive praise
• Irish: plámás — excessive praise
• Old Irish: spled — excessive praise
• Old Irish: spledachus — excessive praise
• Italian: salamelecchi — excessive praise
• Italian: adulazione — excessive praise
• Italian: piaggeria — excessive praise
• Italian: sviolinata — excessive praise
• Italian: incensamento — excessive praise
• Italian: chitarrata — excessive praise
• Japanese: お世辞 (oseji) — excessive praise
• Japanese: おべっか (obekka) — excessive praise
• Japanese: 諂媚 (tembi) — excessive praise
• Kazakh: қошемет (qoşemet) — excessive praise
• Korean: 아첨 (acheom) — excessive praise
• Latin: blanditia — excessive praise
• Latin: adulatio — excessive praise
• Lithuanian: meilikavimas — excessive praise
• Macedonian: ласкање (laskanje) — excessive praise
• Norwegian Bokmål: smiger — excessive praise
• Norwegian Nynorsk: smiger — excessive praise
• Polish: pochlebstwo — excessive praise
• Portuguese: lisonja — excessive praise
• Portuguese: bajulação — excessive praise
• Romagnol: adulaziôn — excessive praise
• Russian: лесть (lestʹ) — excessive praise
• Russian: подхали́мство (podxalímstvo) — excessive praise
• Scottish Gaelic: gabhann — excessive praise
• Serbo-Croatian: ласкање — excessive praise
• Serbo-Croatian: laskanje — excessive praise
• Slovak: lichotenie — excessive praise
• Spanish: adulación — excessive praise
• Spanish: peloteo — excessive praise
• Spanish: falago — excessive praise
• Spanish: halago — excessive praise
• Spanish: asentación — excessive praise
• Swedish: smicker — excessive praise
• Tagalog: pambobola — excessive praise
• Telugu: ముఖప్రీతి (mukhaprīti) — excessive praise
• Telugu: ముఖస్తుతి (mukhastuti) — excessive praise
• Tok Pisin: gris — excessive praise
• Turkish: yağcılık — excessive praise
• Turkish: sırnaşma — excessive praise
• Ukrainian: ле́стощі (léstošči) — excessive praise
• Ukrainian: ле́стка (léstka) — excessive praise
• Volapük: flät — excessive praise
• Albanian: lajkë — instant of excessive praise
• Czech: lichotka — instant of excessive praise
• Finnish: imartelu — instant of excessive praise
• Finnish: mielistely — instant of excessive praise
• Galician: afago — instant of excessive praise
• German: Geschmeichel — instant of excessive praise
• Greek: κολακεία (kolakeía) — instant of excessive praise
• Italian: lusinga — instant of excessive praise
• Polish: pochlebstwo — instant of excessive praise
• Romagnol: adulaziôn — instant of excessive praise
• Slovak: lichôtka — instant of excessive praise
• Spanish: piropo — instant of excessive praise
• Spanish: camelo — instant of excessive praise
• Spanish: lisonja — instant of excessive praise
• Spanish: requiebro — instant of excessive praise
• Spanish: halago — instant of excessive praise
• Spanish: flor — instant of excessive praise
• Spanish: zalamería — instant of excessive praise
• Spanish: carantoña — instant of excessive praise
• Spanish: falago — instant of excessive praise
• Spanish: asentación — instant of excessive praise
• Tok Pisin: gris — instant of excessive praise