pendular

English

Adjective

pendular (comparative more pendular, superlative most pendular)

1. Characteristic of the motion of a pendulum.
   • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 113:

     Arabic meter—so Arabic tradition claims—sprang from the rhythm of bodily motions, such as the pendular beating of the blacksmith and the trot of the horse and the camel.

   • 1998, Kamila Shamsie, In the City by the Sea, Bloomsbury (2004), page 103:

     The ice rose off the counter, attached to the salted string. Hasan’s eyes opened wide. Aba flicked a finger against the ice. String and ice started swaying back and forth. ‘For Salman, time is pendular,’ Aba repeated, pointing to the ice.

2. pendulous.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: pendular (es)

Anagrams

• pure land, underlap, uplander

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaʁ/ [pẽ.duˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaʁ/ [pẽ.duˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaʁ/ [pẽ.duˈlaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.duˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

pendular m or f (plural pendulares)

1. pendular, oscillating

Further reading

• “pendular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pendular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

French horloge à penduleellip.

French pendulebor.

Romanian pendul

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Romanian -ar

Romanian pendular

From pendul + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pen.duˈlar/

Adjective

pendular m or n (feminine singular pendulară, masculine plural pendulari, feminine/neuter plural pendulare)

1. pendular

Declension

Declension of pendular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pendular		pendulară	pendulari	pendulare
	definite	pendularul		pendulara	pendularii	pendularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pendular		pendulare	pendulari	pendulare
	definite	pendularului		pendularei	pendularilor	pendularelor

Further reading

• “pendular”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin pendulumlbor.

Spanish péndulo

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish pendular

From péndulo + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penduˈlaɾ/ [pẽn̪.d̪uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pen‧du‧lar

Adjective

pendular m or f (masculine and feminine plural pendulares)

1. fickle
2. commuter (that commutes)

Further reading

• “pendular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026