Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pensile

/ˈpɛnsaɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-sile
IPA: /ˈpɛnsaɪl/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hanging down, suspended.

Example Sentences

"However the account of the Pensill or hanging gardens of Babylon […] is of no slender antiquity."
"Far aloft, over the Altar of the Fatherland, on their tall crane standards of iron, swing pensile our antique Cassolettes or Pans of Incense; dispensing sweet incense-fumes[.]"

Etymology

From classical Latin pēnsilis, from the past participle stem of pendere (“to hang”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pēnsilis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɛnsaɪl/
British English: /ˈpɛnsaɪl/

Inflected Forms

more pensile (comparative) most pensile (superlative) pensill (alternative)

Derived Forms

pensileness

Questions

How do you pronounce pensile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛnsaɪl/.
What does pensile mean?: Hanging down, suspended.
Where does pensile come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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