falanga

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Czech

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

falanga f

  1. phalanx (military formation)

Declension

Further reading

  • falanga”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latin

Noun

falanga f (genitive falangae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of phalanga

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative falanga falangae
Genitive falangae falangārum
Dative falangae falangīs
Accusative falangam falangās
Ablative falangā falangīs
Vocative falanga falangae

References

Polish

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falanga

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin phalanga.

Noun

falanga f (related adjective falangowy)

  1. (Ancient Greece, historical, military) phalanx (ancient Greek military unit)
noun

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French phalange.

Noun

falanga f

  1. phalanx (large group of animals, plants, or people)
  2. (socialism) phalanx (in Charles Fourier's theory of utopian socialism: a community of about 1,600 people, engaged in agriculture and production, living in settlements)

Etymology 3

From Falanga.

Noun

falanga f

  1. (fascism, nationalism) radical nationalist or fascist organization
  2. (fascism, nationalism) symbol of Polish nationalists in the form of a schematic representation of a hand holding an upraised sword
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adjective
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Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

falanga f (related adjective falangowy)

  1. (botany) phalanx (type of plant growth characterized by the formation of clumps)
Declension

Further reading

  • falanga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • falanga in Polish dictionaries at PWN