pendule
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pendule (plural pendules)
- (obsolete) A pendulum.
- 1683 August 11 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for August 1 1683]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
- draw the meridian from my pendule
References
[edit]- “pendule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Clipping of Middle French funependule, a borrowing from Latin funependulus, from the ablative of funis + pendulus.
Noun
[edit]pendule m (plural pendules)
- pendulum
- Il a fait osciller le pendule de droite à gauche.
- He swung the pendulum from right to left.
Etymology 2
[edit]Ellipsis of horloge à pendule.
Noun
[edit]pendule f (plural pendules)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pendule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pendule
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pendule
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