pendre

Meaning

  1. (ambitransitive) to hang
  2. (intransitive) to sag, droop

Concepts

hang down

be hanging

be hanged

be slack

be suspended

tie together

hanging down

place on an easel

be involved with

hanging loosely

execute by hanging

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɑ̃dʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French pendre, from Late Latin pendĕre (conjugation confused with or altered by pendere (“to suspend, hang”)) for Latin pendēre, present active infinitive pendeō, from Proto-Italic *pendēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”).

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