pendulum

/ˈpendʒələm/PEN-juh-luhm
/ˈpɛndʒələm/PEN-juh-luhm

Meaninga hanging thing

Common meaning: a weight swinging freely from a fixed point

Journey through time

  1. Latinpendō; pendeō‘to weigh’
  2. Englishpendulum‘a weight swinging freely from a fixed point’ · today

pend also in: pendantdependexpendponderpension

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pendō; pendeō ‘to weigh; to hang’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pendō, p. 1328 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

compensatedependexpendimpendingpendantpensionperpendicularpondersuspend

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