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jewellery
English
Alternative forms
- jewelry (American, sometimes Canadian)
Etymology
From Middle English juelrye, from Old French juelerye, equivalent to jewel +? -ery.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: jo?o??lr?, jo?ol?r? IPA(key): /?d?u??l?i/, /?d?u?l?i/
- (alternate UK pronunciation) enPR: jo?o??l?r?, jo?o?l?r? IPA(key): /?d?u??l??i/, /?d?u?l??i/ (this pronunciation gives rise to the Cockney rhyming slang tomfoolery)
Noun
jewellery (usually uncountable, plural jewelleries)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling) Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
- Synonyms: (Cockney rhyming slang) tom, (Cockney rhyming slang) tomfoolery
Synonyms
- see also Thesaurus:jewelry
Related terms
Translations
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pendant
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)
- (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.
- One vase is the pendant to the other vase.
- (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.
- 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology
- (obsolete, in the plural) Testicles. [15th-17th c.]
- (obsolete) A pendulum.
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises
- a pendant being brought up to any height by the force of a former motion downwards
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises
- (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- 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.
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)
- counterpart
- match
- fellow
- 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)
- hanging
Noun
pendant m (plural pendants)
- stone that dangles on earrings
- match, counterpart
Descendants
- ? Danish: pendant
- ? German: Pendant
- ? Italian: pendant
Preposition
pendant
- during, throughout, for the duration of
Derived terms
- pendant que
Verb
pendant
- 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)
- match (matching item)
- pendant (dangling earing)
Further reading
- pendant in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Verb
pendant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of pend?
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?ndant/
Adjective
pendant (feminine singular pendant, plural pendant, not comparable)
- definite (free from any doubt)
- positive
Derived terms
- yn bendant (“definitely”)
Mutation
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