overwordExplorer
FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

pendre.

to hang

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɑ̃dʁ/
  1. to hang

    ambitransitive
  2. to sag, droop

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

pendre has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

pendre studiopendre workshello, pendre

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.