pendlovky

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Czech

Pendlovky

Etymology

From the verb pendlovat (shuttle) +‎ -ka + inflectional suffix -y. The verb comes from German pendeln (shuttle), from Pendel (pendulum), from Latin pendulum, from pendēre (hang).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛndlofkɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ofkɪ
  • Hyphenation: pen‧d‧lov‧ky

Noun

pendlovky f pl

  1. pendulum clock in a long windowed case
    • 1995, Zdenek Martínek, “Časoměrná technika”, in Studie o technice v českých zemích[1], volume 2, Praha: Národní technické muzeum, →ISBN, page 646:
      Trvalým článkem jeho výrobní náplně byly tzv. pendlovky, tj. nástěnné hodiny v dlouhé zasklené skříni.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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