"pendent" meaning in English

See pendent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɛndənt/ [UK] Forms: more pendent [comparative], most pendent [superlative]
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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}}, {{inh|en|enm|pendaunt}} Middle English pendaunt, {{der|en|xno|pendaunt}} Anglo-Norman pendaunt, {{der|en|la|pendēns}} Latin pendēns Head templates: {{en-adj}} pendent (comparative more pendent, superlative most pendent)
  1. Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended. Translations (hanging down): висящ (visjašt) (Bulgarian), pendulus (Latin), whakatāweru (Maori), hāwere (Maori), hauwere (Maori)
    Sense id: en-pendent-en-adj-r~attZ9S Disambiguation of 'hanging down': 44 3 21 27 2 2
  2. Pending (in various senses).
    Sense id: en-pendent-en-adj-pz-YStlS
  3. (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. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-pendent-en-adj-kaXMbFTI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 33 12 37 2 10 Topics: architecture
  4. (heraldry) Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward. Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-pendent-en-adj-daEVx-uX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 33 12 37 2 10 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  5. (grammar, of a sentence) Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-pendent-en-adj-faA3CN7K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 33 12 37 2 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 5 22 10 50 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 6 22 19 28 5 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 6 5 25 16 35 4 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 6 23 16 29 5 13 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  6. (obsolete) Projecting over something; overhanging. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-pendent-en-adj-5s4sKwom
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pendent jurisdiction, pendently Related terms: pendentive

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛndənt/ [UK] Forms: pendents [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}}, {{inh|en|enm|pendaunt}} Middle English pendaunt, {{der|en|xno|pendaunt}} Anglo-Norman pendaunt, {{der|en|la|pendēns}} Latin pendēns Head templates: {{en-noun}} pendent (plural pendents)
  1. Alternative spelling of pendant Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pendant
    Sense id: en-pendent-en-noun-kZGROlQN

Inflected forms

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        "(grammar, of a sentence) Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb."
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      "raw_tags": [
        "of a sentence"
      ],
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        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Projecting over something; overhanging."
      ],
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          "Projecting",
          "projecting"
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          "overhanging",
          "overhanging"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Projecting over something; overhanging."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛndənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "pendant"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "visjašt",
      "sense": "hanging down",
      "word": "висящ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hanging down",
      "word": "pendulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hanging down",
      "word": "whakatāweru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hanging down",
      "word": "hāwere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hanging down",
      "word": "hauwere"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pendent"
}

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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
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    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)pend-",
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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "xno",
        "3": "pendaunt"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pendēns"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pendents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pendant"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of pendant"
      ],
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          "pendant",
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      "homophone": "pendant"
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  ],
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}

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