pendentif

French

Etymology

From pendant +‎ -if.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.dɑ̃.tif/

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Noun

pendentif m (plural pendentifs)

1. (jewelry) pendant
2. (architecture) pendentive

Descendants

• → English: pendentive
• → German: Pendentif
• → Romanian: pandantiv

Further reading

• “pendentif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French pendentif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pandanˈtif/ [pãn̪.d̪ãn̪ˈt̪if]
• IPA^(key): /pendenˈtif/ [pẽn̪.d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪if]
• Rhymes: -if
• Syllabification: pen‧den‧tif

Noun

pendentif m (plural pendentifs)

1. (rare) pendant

   Synonym: colgante

Usage notes

• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “pendentif”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA