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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- pendaunt (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman pendaunt,[1] 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.
- (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended[2].
- 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.
- (obsolete) An appendix or addition, as to a book.
- 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology:
- Many […] have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and Popular Fictions.
- (obsolete, in the plural) Testicles. [15th–17th c.]
- (obsolete) A pendulum.
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises
- a pendant being brought up to any height by the force of a former motion downwards
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “pendant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
Further reading[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]
Further reading[edit]
- “pendant” in Den Danske Ordbog
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pendant (feminine pendante, masculine plural pendants, feminine plural pendantes)
Noun[edit]
pendant m (plural pendants)
- stone that dangles on earrings
- match, counterpart
Descendants[edit]
Preposition[edit]
pendant
- during, throughout, for the duration of
Derived terms[edit]
Participle[edit]
pendant
Further reading[edit]
- “pendant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from French pendant. Doublet of pendente.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pendant m (invariable)
Further reading[edit]
- pendant in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
pendant
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pendant n (plural pendante)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pendant
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pendant | pendantul | (niște) pendante | pendantele |
genitive/dative | (unui) pendant | pendantului | (unor) pendante | pendantelor |
vocative | pendantule | pendantelor |
References[edit]
- pendant in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pendant (feminine singular pendant, plural pendant, not comparable)
Derived terms[edit]
- yn bendant (“definitely”)
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pendant | bendant | mhendant | phendant |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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