different between complementary vs rapport

English

Etymology

complement +? -ary

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mpl???m?nt(?)?i/
• (General American) enPR: k?m'pl?-m?n?t?-r?, -tr?, IPA^(key): /?k?mpl???m?nt(?)?i/
• Homophone: complimentary
• Rhymes: -?nt??i, -?nt?i
• Hyphenation: com?ple?men?ta?ry

Adjective

complementary (comparative more complementary, superlative most complementary)

1. Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

   • Using the terminology we intro-
     duced earlier, we might then say that black and white squares are in comple-
     mentary distribution on a chess-board. By this we mean two things: firstly,
     black squares and white squares occupy different positions on the board: and
     secondly, the black and white squares complement each other in the sense that
     the black squares together with the white squares comprise the total set of 64
     squares found on the board (i.e. there is no square on the board which is not
     either black or white).

2. (genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
3. (physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)

Usage notes

• Complementary and complimentary are frequently confused and misused in place of one another.

Derived terms

Related terms

• complemental

Translations

Noun

complementary (plural complementaries)

1. A complementary colour.
2. (obsolete) One skilled in compliments.
3. An angle which adds with another to equal 90 degrees.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Translations

Further reading

• complementary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• complementary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ?p??/, /?æ?po??/, /???po??/, /???p??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Noun

rapport (countable and uncountable, plural rapports)

1. A relationship of mutual trust and respect. A close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.
2. Relation; proportion; conformity.

   Synonyms: accord, correspondence

Related terms

• en rapport
• rapportage

Translations

Further reading

• “rapport”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport c (singular definite rapporten, plural indefinite rapporter)

1. a report (information describing events)

Inflection

Synonyms

• rapportering

Related terms

• rapportere
• rapportering
• rapportør

See also

• reportage

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rapport, from Middle French rapport.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??p?rt/
• Hyphenation: rap?port
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

rapport n (plural rapporten, diminutive rapportje n)

1. a report

Derived terms

• rapporteren
• eindrapport
• schoolrapport

Descendants

• Afrikaans: rapport
• Indonesian: lapor, rapor

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.p??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: rapports

Noun

rapport m (plural rapports)

1. ratio
2. report
3. relationship

Derived terms

• aucun rapport avec la choucroute
• par rapport à
• rapport de force
• rapport sexuel

Descendants

Further reading

• “rapport” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport m (plural rapports)

1. (Jersey) report

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport m (definite singular rapporten, indefinite plural rapporter, definite plural rapportene)

1. a report (on events)

Derived terms

• kvartalsrapport
• årsrapport

Related terms

• rapportere

References

• “rapport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Noun

rapport m (definite singular rapporten, indefinite plural rapportar, definite plural rapportane)

1. a report (on events)

Derived terms

• kvartalsrapport
• årsrapport

References

• “rapport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapport.

Pronunciation

Noun

rapport c

1. a report (information describing events)

Declension

Related terms

• rapportera
• rapportör
• reporter
• reportage

Anagrams

• trappor