penduler

pɑ̃dyle

Definition

Definition of penduler - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

balancement

Rare

se balancer avec un mouvement de va-et-vient régulier

Rare

La lampe pendule doucement au bout de sa chaîne.

osciller

se balancer

occultisme

TECH.

utiliser un pendule pour la divination ou la radiesthésie

TECH.

Elle aime penduler pour chercher des réponses mystiques.

transport quotidien

Rare

faire la navette régulièrement entre domicile et travail

Rare

Il pendule chaque jour entre Genève et Lausanne.

commuter

faire la navette

alpinisme

TECH.

progresser en montagne grâce à un mouvement de balancement

TECH.

Il faut penduler pour traverser cette paroi rocheuse.

se balancer

temps

Dated

mesurer approximativement le temps de façon rudimentaire

Dated

Je vais penduler plutôt que de sortir mon chronomètre.

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Origin of penduler

latin, pendĕre (pendre)

Examples of penduler in a sentence

Le hamac pendulait doucement entre les deux arbres.
Il prétend penduler pour localiser les sources souterraines.
Le gourou proposait de penduler pour choisir la date du voyage.
Elle pendule depuis des années entre banlieue et centre-ville.
Avec le télétravail, je pendule moins souvent qu’avant.
Le guide nous apprend à penduler correctement sur cette paroi glacée.

Il a dû penduler plusieurs fois avant de trouver une prise sûre.
On va penduler à l’œil nu pendant la cuisson du gâteau.
Les marins savaient penduler en observant simplement la course du soleil.

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English:swing, dowse with a pendulum, ...
German:pendeln, mit dem Pendel arbeiten, ...
Italian:dondolare, usare il pendolo, ...
Spanish:oscilar, radiestesiar, ...
Portuguese:balançar-se, usar o pêndulo, ...
Chinese:摇摆, 用摆锤占卜, ...
Japanese:揺れる, ダウジングする, ...
Arabic:تَأَرْجَحَ, اِستَخدَمَ البندول, ...
Hebrew:לְהִתְנַדְנֵד, לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בְּמָטוּטֶלֶת, ...
Russian:качаться, гадать на маятнике, ...
Ukrainian:гойдатись, ворожити маятником, ...
Catalan:oscillar, fer servir el pèndol, ...
Danish:svinge, arbejde med pendul, ...
Dutch:slingeren, met de pendel werken, ...
Greek:ταλαντεύομαι, χρησιμοποιώ εκκρεμές, ...
Khmer:យោល, ប្រើប៉ង់ឌុលដើម្បីទស្សន៍ទាយ, ...
Korean:흔들리다, 추로 점치다, ...
Polish:kołysać się, wahadłować, ...
Portuguese (BR):balançar, usar o pêndulo, ...
Romanian:a se legăna, a folosi pendulul, ...
Swedish:pendla, använda en pendel, ...
Thai:แกว่งไปมา, ใช้ลูกดิ่งทำนาย, ...
Turkish:sallanmak, sarkaçla kehanet yapmak, ...
Vietnamese:đung đưa, dùng con lắc cảm xạ, ...

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