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pendeloque

Syllables: pend·el·oque/ˌpɒndəˈlɒk/US/ˌpɛndəˈloʊk/

pendeloque noun: a drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; also, a piece of jewellery in pendant form.

pendeloque: A woman's head wearing a pair of earrings
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Noun

pendeloque (plural 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...1850, “an ex-hanger on of royalty” [pseudonym], “Souvenirs of Versailles, St. Cloud, Neuilly, and the Tuileries”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume XXVII, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 176
    • "For payment of 3,000 thalers by me due, I have sold to M. de Voltaire, at the price costing by estimation and tax, with 2 per cent for my commission" […] "the following Diamonds, taxed […] as here adjoined; viz."—seven pieces of jewelry, pendeloques, &c., with price affixed, […]1864, Thomas Carlyle, “M. de Voltaire has a Painful Jew-lawsuit”, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume IV, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book XVI, page...

Forms of pendeloque

pluralpendeloques

Origin of pendeloque

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”).

Words that rhyme with pendeloque

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Questions about pendeloque

What does pendeloque mean?
Pendeloque means a drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; also, a piece of jewellery in pendant form.
What part of speech is pendeloque?
Pendeloque is a noun.
How do you pronounce pendeloque?
Pendeloque is pronounced /ˌpɒndəˈlɒk/ (UK).
What is the plural of pendeloque?
The plural of pendeloque is pendeloques.

Words near pendeloque in the dictionary

  1. Pendelikón
  2. Pendell
  3. Pendells
  4. pendelluft
  5. pendellösung
  6. pendeloque
  7. pendeloques
  8. Pendelton
  9. Pendeltons
  10. Pendembu
  11. pendence

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