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pendeloque

  • /ˌpɒndəˈlɒk/ UK
  • /ˌpɛndəˈloʊk/ US
  • /-ˈlɑk/ US

Rhymes with -ɒk, -oʊk

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French pendeloque (“hanging object; religious medallion, probably in pendant form; jewel hanging from an earring; small crystal piece, especially one hanging from a chandelier”) [and other forms], from Old French pendeloche (“penis”) (apparently a hapax legomenon), from pendeler (“to dangle”) + -oche (suffix forming nouns from verbs), with the ending possibly influenced by breloque (“charm for a bracelet”). Pendeler is derived from pendre (“to hang”) + -eler (frequentative suffix); and pendre from Latin pendere, the present active infinitive of pendeō (“to hang (down)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”).

noun pendeloques

  1. also, attributive A drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; also, a piece of jewellery in pendant form. [M]y eye was caught by the flashing of the emerald in my sister's ear, for she wore that day the suit of emeralds which had belonged to Jeanne de Consteil, who had married Raval de Pont de Vaux, which were of the brightest colour, and without flaw. A happy thought struck me; perhaps the urchin would

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noun drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; piece of jewellery in pendant form

Españolpendeloque
Françaispendeloque
DeutschPendeloque, Briolette
Русскийподве́ска podvéska

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@misc{pendeloque_2026,
  title = {pendeloque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pendeloque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}