pendantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈpɛnd(ə)nt/
• (nautical) IPA: /ˈpɛnənt/
• 韻: -ɛndənt
• Homophone: pendent

名詞

pendant (plural pendants)

1. (architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter. [from 14th c.]
2. A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]
3. The dangling part of an earring. [from 16th c.]
4. (nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant. [from 15th c.]
5. (fine arts) One of a pair; a counterpart.

   One vase is the pendant to the other vase.

6. (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
7. A lamp hanging from the roof.
8. An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
9. A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
10. (obsolete) An appendix or addition, as to a book.
    • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology:

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

11. (obsolete, in the plural) Testicles. [15th–17th c.]
12. (obsolete) A pendulum.
    • 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises:

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

派生語

• pendant light

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参照

Further reading

• Pendant in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.