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Definition of Pendant - 7 dictionary results
pend⋅ant
[pen-duh
nt] 
–noun Also, pendent.
| 1. | a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace. |
| 2. | an ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling. |
| 3. | a hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier. |
| 4. | that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch. |
| 5. | a match, parallel, companion, or counterpart. |
| 6. | Also, pennant. Nautical. a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and having a block or thimble secured to its free end. |
–adjective
| 7. | pendent. |
pend⋅ent
[pen-duhnt] –adjective Also, pendant.
| 1. | hanging or suspended: a pendent lamp. |
| 2. | overhanging; jutting; projecting: pendent cliffs. |
| 3. | undecided; undetermined; pending: a lawsuit that is still pendent. |
| 4. | impending. |
–noun
| 5. | pendant. |
Origin:
1275–1325; < L pendent- (s. of pendēns), prp. of pendēre to hang; r. ME pendaunt < AF (OF pendant), prp. of pendre < L pendēre; see pendant
1275–1325; < L pendent- (s. of pendēns), prp. of pendēre to hang; r. ME pendaunt < AF (OF pendant), prp. of pendre < L pendēre; see pendant
Related forms:
pend⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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| pen·dant 1 also pen·dent (pěn'dənt) n.
[Middle English pendaunt, from Old French pendant, from present participle of pendre, to hang, from Vulgar Latin *pendere, from Latin pendēre; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.] |
| pen·dant 2 (pěn'dənt) adj. Variant of pendent1. |
| pen·dent 1 also pen·dant (pěn'dənt) adj.
[Middle English pendant (influenced by Latin pendēns, pendent-, present participle of pendēre, to hang), from Old French; see pendant1.] pen'dent·ly adv. |
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Pendant
Pend"ant\, n. [F., orig. p. pr. of pendre to hang, L. pendere. Cf. Pendent, Pansy, Pensive, Poise, Ponder.]1. Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book. Some hang upon the pendants of her ear. --Pope. Many . . . have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and Popular Fictions. --Keightley. 2. (Arch.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features. "[A bridge] with . . . pendants graven fair." --Spenser. 3. (Fine Arts) One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase. 4. A pendulum. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby. 5. The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. [U.S.] --Knight. Pendant post (Arch.), a part of the framing of an open timber roof; a post set close against the wall, and resting upon a corbel or other solid support, and supporting the ends of a collar beam or any part of the roof.
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Language Translation for : Pendant
Spanish:
colgante,
German:
der Anhänger,
Japanese:
ペンダント
pendant (n.)
c.1400, "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-Fr. pendaunt "hanging" (c.1300), from O.Fr. pendant (13c.), noun use of prp. of pendre "to hang," from L. pendere "to hang," from PIE base *(s)pen(d)- "to pull, stretch" (see span (v.)). Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1555. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from 1485. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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