pendant
pronunciation
How to pronounce pendant in British English:
UK [ˈpendənt]
How to pronounce pendant in American English:
US [ˈpɛndənt]
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- Noun:
- an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
- branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
Word Origin
- pendant (n.)
- early 14c., "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-French pendaunt "hanging" (c. 1300), Old French pendant (13c.), noun use of present participle of pendre "to hang," from Latin pendere "to hang," from PIE *(s)pend-, extended form of root *(s)pen- "to pull, draw, stretch" (see span (v.)). Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1550s. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from late 15c. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED].
Example
- 1. Why do you have my mother 's jade pendant feather fan ?
- 2. Think of ireland . Rotate it 90 degrees clockwise , make it a third bigger and hang it like a pendant from the arctic circle .
- 3. As part of the london design festival , contemporist visited the tent london design event , where london-based designer tamasine osher exhibited her latest work , including some wood pendant lamps , spring stools , and a combination bike rack / shelf .
- 4. A gorgeous woman taking a jade pendant feather fan , was coming over slowly .
- 5. She is crazy , how can she deserve such jade pendant feather fan ?