pendeloque

A pendeloque, from French pendeloque, is a hanging often drop- or pear-shaped object or pendant used as an ornamentation,{{cite web |title=pendeloque |url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/pendeloque_n?tab=meaning_and_use |website=www.oed.com |publisher=Oxford English Dictionary |access-date=11 January 2025|date=2005}}{{cite web |title=Pendeloque |url=https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/pendeloque/ |website=www.cnrtl.fr |publisher=Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales |access-date=11 January 2025}} such as drop-shaped pendant earrings,{{cite web |title=Pendeloque |url=https://www.langantiques.com/university/pendeloque-2/?srsltid=AfmBOooZEnq9CDTh_hW0PW4hgraA0UufYF9amewxIRTNpckyNZf500uX |website=www.langantiques.com |publisher=Lang Antiques |access-date=11 January 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Benchley |first1=Amanda |title=In Her Dramatic Italian Home, Annette Klein Shows Us Her Cache of Historic Earrings |url=https://www.1stdibs.com/introspective-magazine/annette-klein/ |website=www.1stdibs.com |publisher=Introspective Magazine |access-date=11 January 2025}} and specific pear- and drop-shaped parts of chandeliers.{{cite book |last1=Langhamer |first1=Antonín |title=The Legend of Bohemian Glass: A Thousand Years of Glassmaking in the Heart of Europe |date=2003 |publisher=Tigris |isbn=8086062112 |page=262 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwLCa_h3hTEC}}{{cite web |title=pendeloque |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pendeloque |website=www.merriam-webster.com |publisher=Merriam-Webster |access-date=11 January 2025}} The term is also used in describing the specific pendeloque cut for gemstone cutting.{{cite web |last=Kuiper |first=Kathleen |title=Pendeloque |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/pendeloque |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 January 2025}}