Pendant
Piece of jewelry made to hang from a cord, chain, ribbon or necklace / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A pendant is a loose-hanging piece of jewellery, generally attached by a small loop to a necklace, which may be known as a "pendant necklace".[1] A pendant earring is an earring with a piece hanging down. Its name stems from the Latin word pendere and Old French word pendr, both of which translate to "to hang down". In modern French, pendant is the gerund form of pendre ("to hang") and also means "during". The extent to which the design of a pendant can be incorporated into an overall necklace makes it not always accurate to treat them as separate items.[2]
This article is about the jewellery. For the condition of something hanging, see pendent. For other uses, see Pendant (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with pedant.
In some cases, though, the separation between necklace and pendant is far clearer.[2]