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 Definitions of pendant  [ˈpɛn dənt]  

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Definition of 'pendant' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pendant
a hanging ornament, as a jewel suspended from a necklace.

2.  pendant
an ornament suspended from a vault or ceiling, used esp. in Gothic architecture.

3.  pendant
a hanging electrical lighting fixture.

4.  pendant
that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a pocket watch.

5.  pendant
a parallel or counterpart.


Definition of 'pendant' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pendant, pendent
an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

2. (adj) chandelier, pendant, pendent
branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

3. (adj) pendent, pendant, dependent
held from above
"a pendant bunch of grapes"


Definition of 'pendant' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) pendant
something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book

2. (noun) pendant
a hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features

3. (noun) pendant
one of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase

4. (noun) pendant
a pendulum

5. (noun) pendant
the stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended


Translation of 'pendant' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an ornament hung from a necklace
a pendant hanging from a silver chain.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hangertjie Arabic flag Arabic: زينَة مُتَدَلِّيَه من قِل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: медалъон
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pingente Czech flag Czech: přívěsek German flag German: der Anhänger
Danish flag Danish: charm Greek flag Greek: μενταγιόν Spanish flag Spanish: colgante
Estonian flag Estonian: ripats Farsi flag Farsi: آویز Finnish flag Finnish: riipus
French flag French: pendentif Hebrew flag Hebrew: תַּליוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: लटकन, लंबक
Croatian flag Croatian: privjesak Hungarian flag Hungarian: medál Indonesian flag Indonesian: bandul
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nisti, men Italian flag Italian: ciondolo Japanese flag Japanese: ペンダント
Korean flag Korean: 거는 장식 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pakabutis Latvian flag Latvian: kareklis; piekariņš
Malay flag Malay: loket Dutch flag Dutch: hanger Norwegian flag Norwegian: anheng
Polish flag Polish: wisiorek Persian flag Persian: آویز Pashto flag Pashto: ځوړند، ځړيدلى، كوړى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pendente Romanian flag Romanian: pandantiv Russian flag Russian: подвеска
Slovak flag Slovak: prívesok Slovenian flag Slovenian: obesek Serbian flag Serbian: privezak
Swedish flag Swedish: hängsmycke, berlock, örhä Thai flag Thai: จี้ Turkish flag Turkish: pandantif
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 垂飾物 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кулон Urdu flag Urdu: جھمکا، آويزہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mặt dây chuyền Chinese flag Chinese: 垂饰物

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