falange

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)

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

Alternative forms

• phalange (obsolete)

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

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

Further reading

• “falange”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• falange on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es