pendant

noun Also pendent.

1. a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.
2. an ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling.
3. a hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier.
4. that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch.
5. a match, parallel, companion, or counterpart.
6. Also pennant. Nautical. a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and having a block or thimble secured to its free end.

adjective

7. pendent.

noun

1. 1. an ornament that hangs from a piece of jewellery
   2. a necklace with such an ornament
2. a hanging light, esp a chandelier
3. a carved ornament that is suspended from a ceiling or roof
4. something that matches or complements something else
5. Also called: pennant nautical a length of wire or rope secured at one end to a mast or spar and having a block or other fitting at the lower end

adjective

6. a variant spelling of pendent

n.early 14c., “loose, hanging part of anything,” from Anglo-French pendaunt “hanging” (c.1300), Old French pendant (13c.), noun use of present participle of pendre “to hang,” from Latin pendere “to hang,” from PIE root *(s)pen(d)- “to pull, draw, stretch” (see span (v.)). Meaning “dangling part of an earring” is attested from 1550s. Nautical sense of “tapering flag” is recorded from late 15c. “In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon” [OED].