phalange
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See also: Phalange
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French phalange. Doublet of phalanx, planch, plancha, planche, and plank.
Pronunciation
Noun
phalange (plural phalanges)
- (obsolete) A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.).
- (anatomy) A phalanx ("one of the bones of the finger or toe").
- (zoology) Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
- (botany) A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.
- A phalanstery.
- 1910, Mikhail Ivanovich Tugan-Baranovskiĭ, Modern Socialism in Its Historical Development, page 164:
- The office of an Unarch is therefore but an honourable title. What can political authority be applied to in the Phalange, where all means of violence are absolutely useless, where no clashing interests, no enemies exist; […]
Derived terms
Translations
phalanx — see phalanx
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from either Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx) or Latin phalangem. Doublet of palanque and palanche. See also the related planche.
Pronunciation
Noun
phalange f (plural phalanges)
- (anatomy) phalanx
- (historical) phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “phalange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Noun
phalange
Portuguese
Noun
phalange f (plural phalanges)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of falange.