pendant

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noun

A supporting post attached to the main rafter.

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pendentdependentsupportedchandelier
OriginAnglo-Norman pendaunt →
CommonFirst used 14th c.Scrabble 10
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Meanings

nounpendant (plural pendants)

plural pendants · alternative obsolete pendaunt

  1. architectureA supporting post attached to the main rafter.First known use 14th c.
  2. A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.First known use 15th c.
  3. The dangling part of an earring.First known use 16th c.
  4. nauticalA short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.First known use 15th c.
  5. fine artsOne of a pair; a counterpart.

    One vase is the pendant to the other vase.

  6. human sciencesOne of a series or category; a counterpart, such as a cognate, an allomorph or an allophone.
  7. USThe stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
  8. A lamp hanging from the roof.
  9. An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
  10. A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
  11. obsoleteAn appendix or addition, as to a book.

    Many […] have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and Popular Fictions.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology
  12. in pluralobsoleteTesticles.First known use 15th–17th c.
  13. obsoleteA pendulum.

    a pendant being brought up to any height by the force of a former motion downwards

    1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules, Paris: […] Gilles Blaizot, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveheld from above and hanging down

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pendentdependentsupported

nounan adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

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pendent
Broader
adornment

nounbranched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

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chandelierpendent
Broader
lighting fixture
Also see
chandelierdependentpendentpendillsupported

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanpendaunt
  2. Englishpendant

From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Middle French pendant, noun use of adjective.

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Translations

Arabic عِقْد, قِلَادَة
  • عِقْد (ʕiqd)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • قِلَادَة (qilāda)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • مُعَلَّق (muʕallaq)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Bulgarian огърлица, висулка
  • огърлица (ogărlica)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • висулка (visulka)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Catalan penjoll
  • penjolla piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Chinese Mandarin 吊墜 /吊坠, 墜飾 /坠饰
  • 吊墜 /吊坠 (diàozhuì)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • 墜飾 /坠饰 (zhuìshì)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • 垂飾 /垂饰 (chuíshì)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Czech přívěsek, přívěšek
  • přívěseka piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • přívěšeka piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Danish vedhæng
  • vedhænga piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Dutch hanger, hangertje
  • hangera piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • hangertjea piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • bedela piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • bedeltjea piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Esperanto medaliono, kolĉeno
  • medalionoa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • kolĉenoa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • brelokoa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Finnish riipus, vitja
  • riipusa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • vitjaa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
French pendentif
  • pendentifa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
German Anhänger
  • Anhängera piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Greek μενταγιόν
  • μενταγιόν (mentagión)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Hebrew תליון
  • תליון (tilyón)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Hindi हार
  • हार (hār)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Hungarian függő
  • függőa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Icelandic nisti, men
  • nistia piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • mena piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • hálsmena piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Indonesian liontin
  • liontina piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Irish siogairlín, igín
  • siogairlína piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • igín(nautical) short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles
Italian ciondolo
  • ciondoloa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Japanese ペンダント, 垂れ飾り
  • ペンダント (pendanto)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • 垂れ飾り (tarekazari)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Korean 펜던트
  • 펜던트 (pendeonteu)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Latvian kulons
  • kulonsa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Māori whakarupe, tautau
  • whakarupea piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • tautaua piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • taupikoa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Polish wisiorek, wisior
  • wisioreka piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • wisiora piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • breloka piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Portuguese pingente
  • pingentea piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Romanian pandantiv
  • pandantiva piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Russian куло́н, подве́ска
  • куло́н (kulón)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • подве́ска (podvéska)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • брело́к (brelók)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Scottish Gaelic crochadan
  • crochadana piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Slovak prívesok
  • prívesoka piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Spanish colgante, pendiente
  • colgantea piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • pendientea piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • dijea piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • pendentifa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Swedish hängsmycke
  • hängsmyckea piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Tagalog tawing
  • tawinga piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Turkish pandantif, kolye
  • pandantifa piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
  • kolyea piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Ukrainian кулон
  • кулон (kulon)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck
Yiddish נאָכהענגערל
  • נאָכהענגערל (nokhhengerl)a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pendant

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APA

pendant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendant

MLA

“pendant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pendant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendant.

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