adj
Meaning 1
Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pendent
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UK: /ˈpɛndənt/
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rhymes with -ɛndənt
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homophone: pendant
adj
Meaning 2
Pending (in various senses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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adj
Meaning 4
Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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adj
Meaning 5
Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 6
Projecting over something; overhanging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative spelling of pendant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
held from above
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a pendant bunch of grapes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pendant, dependent
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noun
Meaning 9
branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chandelier, pendant
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Broader terms: lighting fixture
noun
Meaning 10
an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pendant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adornment
Narrower terms: lavaliere, lavalier, lavalliere
History
Etymology
From Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (“to hang, to be suspended”). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: висящ (visjašt) — hanging down
- German: hängend — hanging down
- German: aufgehängt — hanging down
- German: schwebend — hanging down
- German: überhängend — hanging down
- German: anhängig — hanging down
- German: Hänge- — hanging down
- Latin: pendulus — hanging down
- Māori: whakatāweru — hanging down
- Māori: hāwere — hanging down
- Māori: hauwere — hanging down
- Spanish: pendiente — hanging down
- Spanish: pendente — hanging down