falange

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

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

falange f (plural falanges)

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

• falangeta
• falàngic

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

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

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

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

• phalange (obsolete)

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

falange f (plural falanges)

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

   Synonym: falange proximal

3. (military, historical, Ancient Greece) phalanx

• (phalange): osso

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

• (phalange): dedo

• (phalanx): legião

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

• IPA^(key): /faˈlanxe/ [faˈlãŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -anxe
• Syllabification: fa‧lan‧ge

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

• “falange”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• falange on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es