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Webster 1913 Edition


Pendule

Pen′dule

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Noun.
[F.]
A pendulum.
[R.]
Evelyn.

Definition 2024


pendule

pendule

English

Noun

pendule (plural pendules)

  1. (obsolete) A pendulum.
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French

Etymology

From Middle French funependule, borrowed from Latin funependulus, from the ablative of funis + pendulus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑ̃dyl/

Noun

pendule m (plural pendules)

  1. pendulum

pendule f (plural pendules)

  1. pendulum clock

Italian

Adjective

pendule

  1. feminine plural of pendulo

Latin

Adjective

pendule

  1. vocative masculine singular of pendulus