pendice

English

Etymology

Compare pentice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛndɪs/

Noun

pendice (plural pendices)

1. (obsolete) A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse.
   • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Eleuenth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, stanza 33, page 202:

     And ore their heads an iron pentiſe vaſt / They built, by ioyning many a ſhield and targe, [...]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pendice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penˈdi.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Hyphenation: pen‧dì‧ce

Noun

pendice f (plural pendici)

1. slope (of a hillside or mountain)