English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pendule.

Noun

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pendule (plural pendules)

  1. (obsolete) A pendulum.

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɑ̃.dyl/
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Etymology 1

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Clipping of Middle French funependule, a borrowing from Latin funependulus, from the ablative of funis + pendulus.

Noun

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pendule m (plural pendules)

  1. pendulum
    Il a fait osciller le pendule de droite à gauche.
    He swung the pendulum from right to left.

Etymology 2

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Ellipsis of horloge à pendule.

Noun

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pendule f (plural pendules)

  1. pendulum clock
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Haitian Creole: pandil
  • Spanish: pandil

Further reading

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Italian

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Adjective

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pendule

  1. feminine plural of pendulo

Latin

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Adjective

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pendule

  1. vocative masculine singular of pendulus
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