pendula
English edit
Etymology edit
From pendulum, by analogy with Latin second declension nouns, such as bacterium/bacteria, though Latin pendulum is the neuter singular form of the adjective pendulus, whose neuter plural is indeed pendula.
Noun edit
pendula
Usage notes edit
The form pendulums is significantly more common than pendula; however, pendula is occasionally used in physics, particularly in the phrase "coupled pendula."
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Adjective edit
pendula
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
pendula
- inflection of pendulus:
Adjective edit
pendula
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a pendula (third-person singular present pendulează, past participle pendulat) 1st conj.
- to pendulate
Conjugation edit
conjugation of pendula (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a pendula | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | pendulând | ||||||
| past participle | pendulat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | pendulez | pendulezi | pendulează | pendulăm | pendulați | pendulează | |
| imperfect | pendulam | pendulai | pendula | pendulam | pendulați | pendulau | |
| simple perfect | pendulai | pendulași | pendulă | pendularăm | pendularăți | pendulară | |
| pluperfect | pendulasem | pendulaseși | pendulase | pendulaserăm | pendulaserăți | pendulaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să pendulez | să pendulezi | să penduleze | să pendulăm | să pendulați | să penduleze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | pendulează | pendulați | |||||
| negative | nu pendula | nu pendulați | |||||