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abeyant
English
Etymology
Back-formation from abeyance +? -ant.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /??be?(?)nt/
- Hyphenation: abey?ant
Adjective
abeyant (comparative more abeyant, superlative most abeyant)
- Being in a state of abeyance; suspended. [from mid 19th c.]
- Synonyms: dormant, inactive, latent; see also Thesaurus:inactive
Translations
References
Further reading
- abeyance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
abeyant From the web:
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pendent
English
Etymology
From Latin pendens, pendentis, p.pr. of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Compare pendant. From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Old French pendant.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?nd?nt/
Adjective
pendent (comparative more pendent, superlative most pendent)
- Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 71:
- The doctor's head [...] was framed in the golden semi-circle of a wig with long pendent curls that touched his shoulders […]
- 1986, Bryant W Rossiter, Roger C Baetzold, Investigations of Surfaces and Interfaces
- An interesting development has been the analysis of the image of a pendent drop by a video digitizer.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 71:
- pending in various senses.
- (architecture, of a structure) either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
- (grammar, of a sentence) incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
- (obsolete) Projecting over something; overhanging.
Translations
Noun
pendent (plural pendents)
- Alternative spelling of pendant
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin pend?ns.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p?n?dent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?n?den/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pen?dent/
Adjective
pendent (masculine and feminine plural pendents)
- pending, unresolved; waiting on
- sloped, sloping, inclined
Noun
pendent m (plural pendents)
- slope, incline
Further reading
- “pendent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pendent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “pendent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pendent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??d/
- Rhymes: -??d
Verb
pendent
- third-person plural present indicative of pendre
- third-person plural present subjunctive of pendre
Latin
Verb
pendent
- third-person plural future active indicative of pend?
- third-person plural present active indicative of pende?
Occitan
Pronunciation
Preposition
pendent
- during
- Synonym: durant
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