English Online Dictionary. What means pendant? What does pendant mean?
English
Alternative forms
- pendaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Middle French pendant, noun use of adjective.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈpɛnd(ə)nt/
- (nautical) IPA(key): /ˈpɛnənt/
- Rhymes: -ɛndənt
- Homophone: pendent
Noun
pendant (plural pendants)
- (architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter. [from 14th c.]
- A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]
- The dangling part of an earring. [from 16th c.]
- (nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant. [from 15th c.]
- (fine arts) One of a pair; a counterpart.
- (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
- A lamp hanging from the roof.
- An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
- A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
- (obsolete) An appendix or addition, as to a book.
- (obsolete, in the plural) Testicles. [15th–17th c.]
- (obsolete) A pendulum.
Derived terms
- pendant light
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- Pendant in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.
Danish
Etymology
From French pendant (“counterpart”), from pendre (“to hang”), from Latin pendere (“to hang”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /panɡdanɡ/, [pʰɑŋˈd̥ɑŋ]
Noun
pendant c (singular definite pendanten, plural indefinite pendanter)
- counterpart
- match
- fellow
- companion
Inflection
Synonyms
- modstykke
Further reading
- “pendant” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑ̃.dɑ̃/
- Homophone: pendants
Adjective
pendant (feminine pendante, masculine plural pendants, feminine plural pendantes)
- hanging
Noun
pendant m (plural pendants)
- stone that dangles on earrings
- match, counterpart
Descendants
- → Danish: pendant
- → German: Pendant
- → Hungarian: pandan
- → Italian: pendant
- → Polish: pendent
Preposition
pendant
- during, throughout, for the duration of
Derived terms
- pendant que
Participle
pendant
- present participle of pendre
Further reading
- “pendant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French pendant. Doublet of pendente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /panˈdan/
- Rhymes: -an
Noun
pendant m (invariable)
- match (matching item)
- pendant (dangling earring)
Further reading
- pendant in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Verb
pendant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of pendō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pendant.
Noun
pendant n (plural pendante)
- match, counterpart
Declension
References
- pendant in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛndant/
Adjective
pendant (feminine singular pendant, plural pendant, not comparable)
- definite (free from any doubt)
- positive
Derived terms
- yn bendant (“definitely”)