different between amulet vs pendant

English

Alternative forms

• amulette (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French amulette, from Latin amuletum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æm.j?.l?t/

Noun

amulet (plural amulets)

1. A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.

Translations

See also

• medallion
• rosary
• talisman

Anagrams

• Metula, metula, muleta, ulmate

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin amul?tum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.mu?l?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.mu?l?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.mu?let/

Noun

amulet m (plural amulets)

1. amulet

Further reading

• “amulet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amulet” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “amulet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amulet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Noun

amulet m

1. amulet

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amulette, from Middle French amulete, from Latin amul?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.my?l?t/
• Hyphenation: amu?let
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

amulet f or m (plural amuletten, diminutive amuletje n)

1. amulet, talisman

Synonyms

• talisman

Descendants

• Afrikaans: amulet
• ? Indonesian: amulet

Anagrams

• muleta

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch amulet, from French amulette, from Middle French, from Latin amul?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?amu.l?t]
• Hyphenation: amu?lét

Noun

amulét (first-person possessive amuletku, second-person possessive amuletmu, third-person possessive amuletnya)

1. amulet, talisman

   Synonym: jimat

Further reading

• “amulet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

From French amulette, from Latin amul?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?mu.l?t/

Noun

amulet m inan

1. amulet

Declension

Further reading

• amulet in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• amulet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am?let/
• Hyphenation: a?mu?let

Noun

amùlet m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. amulet

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amulé?t/

Noun

amul??t m inan

1. amulet

English

Alternative forms

• pendaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?p?nd(?)nt/
• Homophone: pendent

Noun

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. (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.

7. (obsolete, in the plural) Testicles. [15th-17th c.]
8. (obsolete) A pendulum.
   • 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises

     a pendant being brought up to any height by the force of a former motion downwards

9. (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.

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10. A lamp hanging from the roof.
11. An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
12. A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.

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): /pan?dan?/, [p????d???]

Noun

pendant c (singular definite pendanten, plural indefinite pendanter)

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

Inflection

Synonyms

• modstykke

Further reading

• “pendant” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.d??/
• Homophone: pendants

Adjective

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

1. hanging

Noun

pendant m (plural pendants)

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

Descendants

• ? Danish: pendant
• ? German: Pendant
• ? Italian: pendant

Preposition

pendant

1. during, throughout, for the duration of

Derived terms

• pendant que

Verb

pendant

1. present participle of pendre

Further reading

• “pendant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From French pendant. Doublet of pendente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pan?dan/

Noun

pendant m (invariable)

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

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

pendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of pend?

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ndant/

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• yn bendant (“definitely”)

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