se pencher, v.r., to bend, to bend over, to stoop, to tilt, to slope, to be inclined. Se — sur le bord d’un précipice; to bend over the brink of a precipice.
pencher, v.n., to lean; to slope, to incline, to be disposed. Il penche vers le nord; it leans to the north. — vers la clémence; to lean to mercy. — vers or — du côté de; to incline towards, to lean the side of.
pendable, adj., deserving hanging, abominable. Cas —; hanging matter. Un tour —; an abominable trick.
pendaison, n.f., hanging (on the gallows).
pendant, prep., during.
pendant que, conj., whilst, while.
pendant, n.m., thing pendent, thing hanging; counterpart, pendant, fellow; frog (of a sword-belt). — d’oreille; ear-ring. Il faut un — à ce tableau; this picture needs a fellow. C’est son —; he is his counterpart.
pendant, -e, adj., pendent, hanging, pending, depending; standing (of crops). Oreilles —es; hanging ears. Marcher les bras —s; to walk with one’s arms dangling. Le procès est —; the cause is pending.
pendard, n.m., -e, n.f., rascal, rogue, scoundrel; jade.
pendeloque (pan-dlok), n.f., ear-drop; pendant, drop.