pendeloque

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɒndəˈlɒk/
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• General-American: /ˌpɛndəˈloʊk/
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• General-American: /-ˈlɑk/
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• rhymes with -ɒk
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Borrowed from French pendeloque (“hanging object; religious medallion, probably in pendant form; jewel hanging from an earring; small crystal piece, especially one hanging from a chandelier”) [and other forms], from Old French pendeloche (“penis”) (apparently a hapax legomenon), from pendeler (“to dangle”) + -oche (suffix forming nouns from verbs), with the ending possibly influenced by breloque (“charm for a bracelet”). Pendeler is derived from pendre (“to hang”) + -eler (frequentative suffix); and pendre from Latin pendere, the present active infinitive of pendeō (“to hang (down)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”).

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: pisara — drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; piece of jewellery in pendant form
• French: pendeloque — drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; piece of jewellery in pendant form
• German: Pendeloque — drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; piece of jewellery in pendant form
• German: Briolette — drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; piece of jewellery in pendant form
• Macedonian: при́врзок (prívrzok) — drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; piece of jewellery in pendant form
• Russian: подве́ска (podvéska) — drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; piece of jewellery in pendant form
• Spanish: pendeloque — drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; piece of jewellery in pendant form