pend

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /pɛnd/ Homophone: penned (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /pɪnd/ Homophone: pinned Rhymes: -ɛnd === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre. ==== Verb ==== pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended) (obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down [15th–19th c.] (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault. [15th–18th c.] (obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on. ===== Related terms ===== ==== Noun ==== pend (plural pends) (Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard. [from 15th c.] ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:alley ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Compare pen (“to shut in”). ==== Verb ==== pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended) (obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine. === Etymology 3 === Back-formation from pending. ==== Verb ==== pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended) (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). [from 20th c.] === Etymology 4 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== pend (uncountable) (India) oil cake === Anagrams === NDPE == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɑ̃/ === Verb === pend third-person singular present indicative of pendre == Lombard == === Etymology === Akin to Italian pendere, from Latin. === Verb === pend to hang == Scots == === Noun === pend (plural pends) An arch, vault. A passageway between houses. == Spanish == === Etymology === Clipping of pendejo. === Noun === pend m or f by sense (plural pends) (slang) dumbass; retard; plonker