un compliment

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compliment A remark that praises someone or something. In French, it is used much like in English and can often be translated literally.

FR: Je vais prendre ça comme un compliment.

EN: I’m going to take that as a compliment.

Un compliment vaut un baiser.

A compliment is worth a kiss.

C'est un compliment.

That's a compliment.

— Victoria (2015)

Je prends ça pour un compliment.

I take that as a compliment.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

C'était un compliment.

It was a compliment.

C’était presque un compliment.

It was almost a compliment.

— Zootopie 2 (2025)

Je prendrai ça comme un compliment.

I'll take that as a compliment.

Je prends ça comme un compliment.

I take that as a compliment.

— L'Agent secret (2025)

Je sais pas de quoi tu parles mais je prends ça comme un compliment.

I don't know what you're talking about, but I'll take that as a compliment.

— La Famille Tenenbaum (2001)

Je veux prendre ça comme un compliment.

I’ll take that as a compliment.

Il t'a fait un compliment.

He complimented you.

— Perfetti sconosciuti (2016)

Je vais le prendre comme un compliment.

I'll take that as a compliment.

Un compliment.

A compliment.

— L'Histoire personnelle de David Copperfield (2019)

Il m'a fait un compliment.

He complimented me.

S'agit-il d'un compliment ou d'une insulte ?

Is it a compliment or an insult?

Je vais prendre ça comme un compliment.

I'll take that as a compliment.

C'est pas un compliment, hein.

That's not a compliment, you know.

— Grave (2017)

Est-ce un compliment ?

Is that a compliment?

Un compliment ?

A compliment?

— Il est de retour (2015)

Je le prends comme un compliment.

I take it as a compliment.

Mais c'est un compliment.

But it's a compliment.

— Avengers : Infinity War (2018)

Puis-je prendre cela comme un compliment ?

Can I take that as a compliment?

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)

C'est un compliment, plus ou moins.

It's a compliment, more or less.

— Il est de retour (2015)

Comme un compliment.

As a compliment.

— Douleur et gloire (2019)

Je lui faisais un compliment parce que j'étais content de la voir.

I was complimenting her because I was happy to see her.

— Insaisissables 3 (2025)

Je te faisais un compliment.

I was paying you a compliment.