falange

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Catalan

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phalangem, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Cf. also the related palanca.

Pronunciation

Noun

falange f (plural falanges)

  1. phalanx (Ancient Greek military unit)
  2. phalanx (bone)

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Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phalangem, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). See also the related falanga and palanca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈlan.d͡ʒe/
  • Rhymes: -andʒe
  • Hyphenation: fa‧làn‧ge

Noun

falange f (plural falangi)

  1. (anatomy) phalanx
  2. (military) phalanx
    una falange di armati ― a phalanx of armed men
  3. (figurative, by extension) army, horde
    una falange di avvocati ― an army of lawyers

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phalangem (“phalanx”), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Cf. also the related palanca.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

falange f (plural falanges)

  1. (anatomy) phalanx; phalange
  2. (anatomy, dated) proximal phalange
    Synonym: falange proximal
  3. (military, historical, Ancient Greece) phalanx

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phalangem (“phalanx”), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Cf. also the related palanca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈlanxe/
  • Rhymes: -anxe
  • Syllabification: fa‧lan‧ge

Noun

falange f (plural falanges)

  1. (anatomy) phalanx (one of the bones of the finger or toe)
    Hypernym: hueso
    Holonym: dedo
    Meronyms: falangina, falangeta
  2. (politics) phalange
  3. (military, historical, Ancient Greece) phalanx
    Meronym: hoplita
    Coordinate term: legión

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