falanga

• falanx

• IPA^(key): [ˈfalaŋɡa]

falanga f

1. phalanx (military formation)

• “falanga”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

falanga f (genitive falangae); first declension

1. Alternative form of phalanga

First-declension noun.

• falanga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• IPA^(key): /faˈlaŋ.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: fa‧lan‧ga
• Homophone: Falanga

Learned borrowing from Latin phalanga. Doublet of planka and plansza.

falanga f (related adjective falangowy)

1. (Ancient Greece, historical, military) phalanx (ancient Greek military unit)

Borrowed from French phalange.

falanga f

1. phalanx (large group of animals, plants, or people)
2. (socialism) phalanx (in Charles Fourier's theory of utopian socialism: a community of about 1,600 people, engaged in agriculture and production, living in settlements)

From Falanga.

falanga f

1. (fascism, nationalism) radical nationalist or fascist organization
2. (fascism, nationalism) symbol of Polish nationalists in the form of a schematic representation of a hand holding an upraised sword

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falanga f (related adjective falangowy)

1. (botany) phalanx (type of plant growth characterized by the formation of clumps)

• falanga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• falanga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• falanga in PWN's encyclopedia