past participle of pendre

person condemned to be hanged / person killed by hanging

(le pendu) hangman (pen and paper game)

to hang on someone's every word

(figuratively) to put one's foot in one's mouth, to be like a bull in a china shop, to hit the wrong note (to broach a sensitive topic in an inappropriate setting, where that topic is taboo; to be completely tactless)

pendulum

pendulum clock

plural of pendule

(figuratively, informal) to put the record straight

European penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus)