pendula

English

Etymology

From pendulum, by analogy with Latin second declension nouns, such as bacterium/bacteria, though Latin pendulum is the neuter singular form of the adjective pendulus, whose neuter plural is indeed pendula.

Noun

pendula

  1. (rare) plural of pendulum

Usage notes

The form pendulums is significantly more common than pendula; however, pendula is occasionally used in physics, particularly in the phrase "coupled pendula."

Anagrams

Italian

Adjective

pendula

  1. feminine singular of pendulo

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

pendula

  1. inflection of pendulus:
    1. nominative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

pendula

  1. vocative feminine singular of pendulus

Romanian

Etymology

From pendul +‎ -a.

Verb

a pendula (third-person singular present pendulează, past participle pendulat) 1st conj.

  1. to pendulate

Conjugation
    conjugation of pendula (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a pendula
gerund pendulând
past participle pendulat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present pendulez pendulezi pendulează pendulăm pendulați pendulează
imperfect pendulam pendulai pendula pendulam pendulați pendulau
simple perfect pendulai pendulași pendulă pendularăm pendularăți pendulară
pluperfect pendulasem pendulaseși pendulase pendulaserăm pendulaserăți pendulaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să pendulez să pendulezi să penduleze să pendulăm să pendulați să penduleze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative pendulează pendulați
negative nu pendula nu pendulați
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