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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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penchant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line”), from Vulgar Latin *pendic?re, a derivative of Latin pendere (“to hang, to lean”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?n??n/, [?p?????]
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?nt???nt/
Noun
penchant (countable and uncountable, plural penchants)
- Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
- 2019, Idles, "Never Fight a Man With a Perm", Joy as an Act of Resistance.
- He has a penchant for fine wine.
- 2019, Idles, "Never Fight a Man With a Perm", Joy as an Act of Resistance.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game resembling bezique.
- (card games) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.
Synonyms
- desire, see also Thesaurus:predilection
Related terms
Translations
French
Noun
penchant m (plural penchants)
- penchant
Verb
penchant
- present participle of pencher
Further reading
- “penchant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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