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pendant

See also: Pendant

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “pendant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Pendant”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /panɡdanɡ/, [pʰɑŋˈd̥ɑŋ]

Noun

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pendant c (singular definite pendanten, plural indefinite pendanter)

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

Inflection

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Declension of pendant
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pendant pendanten pendanter pendanterne
genitive pendants pendantens pendanters pendanternes

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French

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. hanging

Noun

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pendant m (plural pendants)

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

Descendants

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  • → Danish: pendant
  • → German: Pendant
  • → Hungarian: pandan
  • → Italian: pendant
  • → Polish: pendent
  • → Portuguese: pandã

Preposition

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pendant

  1. during, throughout, for the duration of

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Participle

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pendant

  1. present participle of pendre

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French pendant. Doublet of pendente.

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Noun

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pendant m (invariable)

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

Further reading

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

Latin

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Verb

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pendant

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of pendō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pendant.

Noun

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pendant n (plural pendante)

  1. match, counterpart

Declension

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Declension of pendant
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pendant pendantul pendante pendantele
genitive-dative pendant pendantului pendante pendantelor
vocative pendantule pendantelor

References

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

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of pendant
radical soft nasal aspirate
pendant bendant mhendant phendant

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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