a compliment
Puis-je prendre cela comme un compliment ?
Can I take that as a compliment?
I was paying you a compliment.
Je le prends comme un compliment.
I take it as a compliment.
It was a compliment.
Je vais le prendre comme un compliment.
I'll take that as a compliment.
S'agit-il d'un compliment ou d'une insulte ?
Is it a compliment or an insult?
Un compliment dit sans émotion ne me fait pas plaisir.
A compliment given without emotion does not please me.
— The Garden of Sinners, film 5 : Spirale contradictoire (2008)
A compliment is worth a kiss.