pendolo

See also: pendolò

Esperanto

Animado de pendolo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pendolo, from Latin pendulus (“hanging, suspended”), from pendeō (“to hang down, to be suspended”). Doublet of pendi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penˈdolo/

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: pen‧do‧lo

Noun

pendolo (accusative singular pendolon, plural pendoloj, accusative plural pendolojn)

1. (physics) pendulum
2. swing (hanging seat usually found in playgrounds)

Related terms

• pendoli (“to oscillate; swing”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.do.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛndolo
• Hyphenation: pèn‧do‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin pendulus, possibly semi-learned. Doublet of pendulo.

Noun

pendolo m (plural pendoli)

1. pendulum

Derived terms

• bipendolo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pendolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pendolare