pendular

English

Adjective

pendular (comparative more pendular, superlative most pendular)

1. Characteristic of the motion of a pendulum.
   • 1998, Kamila Shamsie, In the City by the Sea, Bloomsbury (2004), page 103:

     The ice rose off the counter, attached to the salted string. Hasan’s eyes opened wide. Aba flicked a finger against the ice. String and ice started swaying back and forth. ‘For Salman, time is pendular,’ Aba repeated, pointing to the ice.

2. pendulous.

Anagrams

• pure land, underlap, uplander

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaʁ/ [pẽ.duˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaʁ/ [pẽ.duˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaʁ/ [pẽ.duˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

pendular m or f (plural pendulares)

1. pendular, oscillating

Romanian

Etymology

From pendul +‎ -ar.

Adjective

pendular m or n (feminine singular pendulară, masculine plural pendulari, feminine and neuter plural pendulare)

1. pendular

Declension

Declension of pendular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	pendular		pendulară	pendulari	pendulare
	definite	pendularul		pendulara	pendularii	pendularele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	pendular		pendulare	pendulari	pendulare
	definite	pendularului		pendularei	pendularilor	pendularelor

Spanish

Etymology

From péndulo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penduˈlaɾ/ [pẽn̪.d̪uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pen‧du‧lar

Adjective

pendular m or f (masculine and feminine plural pendulares)

1. fickle
2. commuter (that commutes)

Further reading

• “pendular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16