Pendant

n.

[F., orig. p. pr. of pendre to hang, L. pendere. Cf. Pendent, Pansy, Pensive, Poise, Ponder.]

1. 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.

Some hang upon the pendants of her ear.

Pope.

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

Keightley.

2. (Arch.) 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. «[A bridge] with . . . pendants graven fair.» Spenser.

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

4. A pendulum. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

5. The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. [U.S.] Knight.

Pendant post (Arch.), a part of the framing of an open timber roof; a post set close against the wall, and resting upon a corbel or other solid support, and supporting the ends of a collar beam or any part of the roof.

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Fixed hanging ornament, resembling an elongated boss suspended from Perpendicular fan-vaulting, Jacobean ceilings, posts of timber roof-trusses, staircase newels, or at the mitring of barge-boards at the apex of a gable. It often resembles an inverted finial.

[Ar]

Ornament designed to be worn, frequently around the neck, on a strap or chain.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hængelampe, øresmykke, hængende ornament

2.
adj. - hængende, fremspringende, hældende

Nederlands (Dutch)
hangertje, tegenhanger, complementair werk (b.v. literatuur), ring en ketting van zakhorloge, hangende versiering, vaantje, schinkel (op schip), (neer-/over) hangend, nog bezig

Français (French)
1.
n. - pendentif, pendeloque, lustre

2.
adj. - suspendu, accroché, qui dépasse, qui avance, en surplomb, en souffrance, en instance

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Gegenstück

2.
adj. - herabhängend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κρεμαστό κόσμημα, παντατίφ, κρεμαστό σκεύος, μπρελόκ
adj. - (επι)κρεμάμενος, εκκρεμής

Italiano (Italian)
ciondolo, pendente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pendente (m), lustre (m), flâmula (f), coroa de mastro (f) (Náut.)
adj. - pendente

Русский (Russian)
подвеска, брелок, люстра

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - cosa que cuelga o que está pendiente de otra, colgante, arete, zarcillo, cadena, medallón, lámpara que cuelga

2.
adj. - que pende, que cuelga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hängsmycke, hänglampa, prisma, nedhängande slutsten, hangare, skänkling (sjö.), pendang, motstycke
adj. - (ned)hängande, överhängande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 下垂物, 挂件, 垂饰, 悬吊装置

2. 下垂物的, 垂饰的, 悬吊装置的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adj. - 下垂物的, 垂飾的, 懸吊裝置的

2.
n. - 下垂物, 挂件, 垂飾, 懸吊裝置

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 매달려 있는 것, (그림 따위의)한 쌍의 한쪽, 시계줄

2.
adj. - 드리운, 쑥 내민, 미결의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ペンダント, 三角旗

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قلادة للعنق, ثريه, حلقه ساعه الجيب (صفه) معلق, متدل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תליון, קישוט תלוי, דגל‬
adj. - ‮תלוי‬

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