pendentif

French

Etymology

From pendant +‎ -if.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑ̃.dɑ̃.tif/
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Noun

pendentif m (plural pendentifs)

  1. (jewelry) pendant
  2. (architecture) pendentive

Descendants

  • English: pendentive
  • German: Pendentif
  • Romanian: pandantiv

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French pendentif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pandanˈtif/ [pãn̪.d̪ãn̪ˈt̪if]
  • IPA(key): /pendenˈtif/ [pẽn̪.d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪if]
  • Rhymes: -if
  • Syllabification: pen‧den‧tif

Noun

pendentif m (plural pendentifs)

  1. (rare) pendant
    Synonym: colgante

Usage notes

  • According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “pendentif”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]