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/ ˈpɛn dənt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun Also pendent . a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.
an ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling.
a hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier.
that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch.
a match, parallel, companion, or counterpart.
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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of pendant 1300–50; Middle English
pendaunt <Anglo-French; Middle French
pendant, noun use of present participle of
pendre to hang <Vulgar Latin
*pendere for Latin
pendēre. See pend, -ant
OTHER WORDS FROM pendant pend·ant·ed, adjective pend·ant·like, adjective non·pend·ant, adjective un·pend·ant, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for pendant It was made by society jewelers Garrard, who refashioned the gems from a pendant she was given by her husband, George VI.
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One arm lay along the back of the lounge which she occupied, the other was pendant at her side.
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Or we may imagine a long chain, with a pendant attached to each tenth or one-hundredth link.
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Indeed, I much prefer the corsage ornaments you showed me just now, and the pendant .
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At the end of the seventeenth century a "suit of colours" included ensign, jack and pendant .
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British Dictionary definitions for pendant noun an ornament that hangs from a piece of jewellery a necklace with such an ornament a hanging light, esp a chandelier
a carved ornament that is suspended from a ceiling or roof
something that matches or complements something else
Also called: pennant nautical a length of wire or rope secured at one end to a mast or spar and having a block or other fitting at the lower end
adjective a variant spelling of pendent
Word Origin for pendant C14: from Old French, from pendre to hang, from Latin pendēre to hang down; related to Latin pendere to hang, pondus weight, Greek span to pull
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