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Is pendent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pendent is a Scrabble US word. The word pendent is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

P3E1N1D2E1N1T1

Is pendent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pendent is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

P3E1N1D2E1N1T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

PENDENT,

6-letter words (2 found)

DENNET,PENNED,

5-letter words (5 found)

DENET,PENED,PENNE,TEEND,TENNE,

4-letter words (19 found)

DEEN,DEEP,DEET,DENE,DENT,ETEN,NEED,NEEP,NENE,NETE,PEED,PEEN,PEND,PENE,PENT,TEED,TEEN,TEND,TENE,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEE,DEN,DEP,EEN,END,ENE,NED,NEE,NEP,NET,PED,PEE,PEN,PET,TED,TEE,TEN,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,ED,EE,EN,ET,NE,PE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 53 words from pendent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pendent

pendent

Etymology

From Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (“to hang, to be suspended”). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛndənt/
  • Homophone: pendant

Adjective

pendent (comparative more pendent, superlative most pendent)

  1. Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
  2. Pending (in various senses).
  3. (architecture, of a structure) Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
  4. (heraldry) Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.
  5. (grammar, of a sentence) Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
  6. (obsolete) Projecting over something; overhanging.

Derived terms

  • pendent jurisdiction

Related terms

  • pendentive

Translations

Noun

pendent (plural pendents)

  1. Alternative spelling of pendant

References

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pendentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [pənˈden]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [pənˈdent]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [penˈdent]

Adjective

pendent m or f (masculine and feminine plural pendents)

  1. pending, unresolved; waiting on
  2. sloped, sloping, inclined

Noun

pendent m (plural pendents)

  1. slope, incline

Further reading

  • “pendent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “pendent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “pendent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “pendent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑ̃d/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃d

Verb

pendent

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of pendre

Latin

Verb

pendent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of pendō
  2. third-person plural present active indicative of pendeō

Occitan

Pronunciation

Preposition

pendent

  1. during
    Synonym: durant

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pendant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.dɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɛnt
  • Syllabification: pen‧dent

Noun

pendent m inan

  1. baldric

Declension

Further reading

  • pendent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org