pendent

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛndənt/ Rhymes: -ɛndənt Homophone: pendant === Adjective === pendent (comparative more pendent, superlative most pendent) Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended. Pending (in various senses). (architecture, of a structure) 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. (heraldry) Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward. (grammar, of a sentence) Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb. (obsolete) Projecting over something; overhanging. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== pendentive ==== Translations ==== === Noun === pendent (plural pendents) Alternative spelling of pendant. === References === == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin pendentem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [pənˈde̞n] IPA(key): (Balearic) [pənˈdent] IPA(key): (Central) [pənˈden] IPA(key): (Valencia) [penˈdent] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [penˈden] === Adjective === pendent m or f (masculine and feminine plural pendents) pending, unresolved; waiting on sloped, sloping, inclined === Noun === pendent m (plural pendents) slope, incline === Further reading === “pendent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “pendent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “pendent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pendent”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɑ̃d/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃d === Verb === pendent third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of pendre == Latin == === Verb === pendent third-person plural future active indicative of pendō third-person plural present active indicative of pendeō == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Preposition === pendent during Synonym: durant == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French pendant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.dɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛndɛnt Syllabification: pen‧dent === Noun === pendent m inan baldric ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “pendent”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)