pendolo

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

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• IPA^(key): [penˈdolo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: pen‧do‧lo

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

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

• pendoli (“to oscillate; swing”)

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

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

pendolo m (plural pendoli)

1. pendulum

• bipendolo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pendolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pendolare