falange

See also: Falange

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈlaɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈlaɲ.d͡ʒe]

Noun

falange f (plural falanges)

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

Derived terms

• falangeta
• falàngic

Italian

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

Related terms

• falanga
• falangina
• falangetta
• falangismo
• falangista
• falansterio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• phalange (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈlɐ̃.ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈlɐ̃.ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈlɐ̃.ʒe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈlɐ̃.ʒɨ/

Noun

falange f (plural falanges)

1. (anatomy) phalanx; phalange
2. (anatomy, dated) proximal phalange

   Synonym: falange proximal

3. (military, historical, Ancient Greece) phalanx

Hypernyms

• (phalange): osso

Meronyms

• (phalange): falange proximal, falange média, falange distal, falanginha, falangeta
• (phalanx): hoplita

Holonyms

• (phalange): dedo

Coordinate terms

• (phalanx): legião

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈlanxe/ [faˈlãŋ.xe]
• 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

Derived terms

• falángico
• interfalángico
• metacarpofalángico
• metatarsofalángico

 

Further reading

• “falange”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• falange on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es