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complementizer noun

  • (linguistics) A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
 complémenteur

complement verb

  /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ , /ˈkɒmpləmənt/
  • To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
 complémenter
  • To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
 compléter, complémenter

complement noun

  /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ , /ˈkɒmpləmənt/
  • Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition. [from 19th c.]
 complète
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