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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pend•ant /ˈpɛndənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable] Also, pendent. - Jewelrya hanging ornament on a necklace.
adj. - pendent.
See -pend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pend•ant (pen′dənt),USA pronunciation n. Also pendent. - Jewelrya 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.
- Nautical, Naval TermsAlso, pennant. 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.
adj. - pendent.
- Vulgar Latin *pendere for Latin pendēre. See pend, -ant
- Anglo-French; Middle French pendant, noun, nominal use of present participle of pendre to hang
- Middle English pendaunt 1300–50
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