See also: Pendant

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Etymology edit

From Anglo-Norman pendaunt,[1] Middle French pendant, noun use of adjective.

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Noun edit

pendant (plural pendants)

  1. (architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter. [from 14th c.]
  2. A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]
  3. The dangling part of an earring. [from 16th c.]
  4. (nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant. [from 15th c.]
  5. (fine arts) One of a pair; a counterpart.
    One vase is the pendant to the other vase.
  6. (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.[2]
  7. A lamp hanging from the roof.
  8. An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
  9. A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
  10. (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.
  11. (obsolete, in the plural) Testicles. [15th–17th c.]
  12. (obsolete) A pendulum.
    • 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises:
      a pendant being brought up to any height by the force of a former motion downwards

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References edit

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “pendant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Pendant”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. [], volume II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton [], →OCLC.

Further reading edit

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From French pendant (counterpart), from pendre (to hang), from Latin pendere (to hang).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /panɡdanɡ/, [pʰɑŋˈd̥ɑŋ]

Noun edit

pendant c (singular definite pendanten, plural indefinite pendanter)

  1. counterpart
  2. match
  3. fellow
  4. companion

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Adjective edit

pendant (feminine pendante, masculine plural pendants, feminine plural pendantes)

  1. hanging

Noun edit

pendant m (plural pendants)

  1. stone that dangles on earrings
  2. match, counterpart

Descendants edit

  • Danish: pendant
  • German: Pendant
  • Hungarian: pandan
  • Italian: pendant
  • Polish: pendent

Preposition edit

pendant

  1. during, throughout, for the duration of

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Participle edit

pendant

  1. present participle of pendre

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Italian edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from French pendant. Doublet of pendente.

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pendant m (invariable)

  1. match (matching item)
  2. pendant (dangling earing)

Further reading edit

  • pendant in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin edit

Verb edit

pendant

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of pendō

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pendant.

Noun edit

pendant n (plural pendante)

  1. match, counterpart

Declension edit

References edit

  • pendant in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Welsh edit

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Adjective edit

pendant (feminine singular pendant, plural pendant, not comparable)

  1. definite (free from any doubt)
  2. positive

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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.