pendule

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pendule.

Noun

pendule (plural pendules)

1. (obsolete) A pendulum.
   • 1683 August 11 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for August 1 1683]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:

     draw the meridian from my pendule

References

• “pendule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.dyl/

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Etymology 1

Clipping of Middle French funependule, a borrowing from Latin funependulus, from the ablative of funis + pendulus.

Noun

pendule m (plural pendules)

1. pendulum

   Il a fait osciller le pendule de droite à gauche.

   He swung the pendulum from right to left.

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of horloge à pendule.

Noun

pendule f (plural pendules)

1. pendulum clock

Derived terms

• remettre les pendules à l’heure

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: pandil
• → Spanish: pandil

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

pendule

1. feminine plural of pendulo

Latin

Adjective

pendule

1. vocative masculine singular of pendulus