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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- pendaunt (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Middle French pendant, noun use of adjective.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pendant (plural pendants)
- (architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter. [from 14th c.]
- A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]
- The dangling part of an earring. [from 16th c.]
- (nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant. [from 15th c.]
- (fine arts) One of a pair; a counterpart.
- One vase is the pendant to the other vase.
- (obsolete) An appendix or addition, as to a book.
- Keightley
- Many […] have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and Popular Fictions.
- Keightley
- (obsolete, in the plural) Testicles. [15th-17th c.]
- (obsolete) A pendulum.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir K. Digby to this entry?)
- (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- A lamp hanging from the roof.
- An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
- A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
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External links[edit]
Pendant in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French pendant (“counterpart”), from pendre (“to hang”), from Latin pendere (“to hang”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pendant c (singular definite pendanten, plural indefinite pendanter)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of pendant
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pendant | pendanten | pendanter | pendanterne |
genitive | pendants | pendantens | pendanters | pendanternes |
Synonyms[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pendant (feminine singular pendante, masculine plural pendants, feminine plural pendantes)
Noun[edit]
pendant m (plural pendants)
- stone that dangles on earrings
- match, counterpart
Preposition[edit]
pendant
- during, throughout, for the duration of
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
pendant
Further reading[edit]
- “pendant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pendant m (invariable)
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
pendant
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