pendent

UK: /ˈpɛndənt/ US: /ˈpɛndənt/ ,(pen′dənt)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

pend•ent /ˈpɛndənt/   adj. Also, pendant.

1. hanging or suspended.
2. overhanging;
   jutting.
3. (esp. of a lawsuit) undecided;
   pending.

n. 

4. pendant.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

pend•ent  (pen′dənt), adj. Also, pendant. 

1. hanging or suspended:
   a pendent lamp.
2. overhanging;
   jutting;
   projecting:
   pendent cliffs.
3. undecided;
   undetermined;
   pending:
   a lawsuit that is still pendent.
4. impending.

n. 

5. pendant.

• Latin pendēre; see pendant
• Anglo-French (Old French pendant), present participle of pendre
• Latin pendent- (stem of pendēns), present participle of pendēre to hang; replacing Middle English pendaunt
• 1275–1325

pend′ent•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

pendent / ˈpɛndənt/ adjective

1. dangling
2. jutting
3. (of a grammatical construction) incomplete: a pendent nominative is a construction having no verb
4. a less common word for pending2,

noun

1. a variant spelling of pendant

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French pendant, from pendre to hang; see pendant

ˈpendency noun