pendule
French, noun/pɑ̃.dyl/
pendule is spelled P-E-N-D-U-L-E (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pendule is a French masculine noun meaning “pendulum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tout système constitué d’un corps pesant, un balancier, oscillant autour d’un axe horizontal”.
What does pendule mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinependulum
Il a fait osciller le pendule de droite à gauche.
noun
- 1
femininependulum clock
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tout système constitué d’un corps pesant, un balancier, oscillant autour d’un axe horizontal. 2. Sorte de corps pesant que les radiesthésistes agitent au bout d'un fil pour découvrir ce qui est caché ou perdu.
noun: 1. Horloge d’appartement dont le mouvement est régularisé par les oscillations d’un pendule. 2. Ce qui encadre cette horloge.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pendule
- pendules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pendule?
- /pɑ̃.dyl/
- \pɑ̃.dyl\
- [pɑ̃.dyl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pendule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pendule in French?
pendule appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).