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No. 10,965 in French

pendantes

Hanging or dangling.

In a sentence

  • Les fleurs pendantes décoraient le balcon.

    The hanging flowers decorated the balcony.

    Here, 'pendantes' describes the flowers as hanging, which is its literal adjectival use in the feminine plural form.

  • Elle portait des boucles d'oreilles pendantes en argent.

    She wore dangling silver earrings.

    In this sentence, 'pendantes' is used to describe the earrings as dangling, showcasing its usage as a descriptive term.

  • Les branches pendantes de l'arbre atteignaient presque le sol.

    The hanging branches of the tree almost reached the ground.

    Here, 'pendantes' refers to the branches, indicating their physical state of hanging downwards.

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