flatter

Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Etymology 2

 * From, , probably a conflation of , , from , from ; and , from , from , . Cognate with 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.
 * The word was also associated with, from , from , from , , , from , , ; related to , 🇨🇬, , (whence ), , , . More at.

Verb

 * 1) To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
 * 2) * 1855,, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 7, p. 242,
 * Some he complimented for their bravery; others he flattered by asking their advice.
 * 1) To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them.
 * 2) To portray someone to advantage.
 * 3) To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
 * 4)  To cheer or please (with the idea that)
 * : to encourage, inspire with hope.
 * 1) To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
 * 2)  To cheer or please (with the idea that)
 * : to encourage, inspire with hope.
 * 1)  To cheer or please (with the idea that)
 * : to encourage, inspire with hope.
 * : to encourage, inspire with hope.
 * : to encourage, inspire with hope.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: تَمَلَّقَ
 * Asturian: afalagar
 * Belarusian: ліслі́віць, ле́сціць, лісьці́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Hokkien: ,
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: lichotit, pochlebovat
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, afagar
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κολακεύω
 * Hebrew: החמיא
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cuach
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , 諂媚
 * Korean:, , ,
 * Latin: blandior, adulor
 * Luxembourgish: blimmelen
 * Macedonian: ласка
 * Maori: patipati, ene
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Old East Slavic: льстити, лестити
 * Ottoman Turkish: قولتقلامق
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ла̏скати
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: lichotiť, pochlebovať
 * Slovene: laskati
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin: grisim
 * Ukrainian:, улещувати, облещувати, підлещати, підлещувати
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ,


 * Asturian: afalagar, combayar
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: legyezgeti a hiúságát
 * Irish: bladair
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin: blandior
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:, раздува́ть чьё-либо э́го, разду́ть чьё-либо э́го
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tok Pisin: grisim


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: kedvező színben tüntet fel
 * Italian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:


 * Hungarian:

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1) A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
 * 2) A flat-faced fulling hammer.
 * 3) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.
 * 4) Someone who flattens, purposely or accidentally. Also flattener.

Translations

 * Polish: gładzik kowalski
 * Spanish:

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * 1)  Someone who lives in a rented flat.

Etymology
, from, from , from , , , from , , ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,. More at,.

Verb

 * 1) to
 * 2) to pet, to caress

Verb

 * 1) to flatter