falange
See also: Falange
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin phalangem, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Cf. also the related palanca.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfalange f (plural falanges)
Derived terms
editItalian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin phalangem, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). See also the related falanga and palanca.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfalange f (plural falangi)
- (anatomy) phalanx
- (military) phalanx
- una falange di armati ― a phalanx of armed men
- (figurative, by extension) army, horde
- una falange di avvocati ― an army of lawyers
Related terms
editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin phalangem (“phalanx”), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Cf. also the related palanca.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editfalange f (plural falanges)
- (anatomy) phalanx; phalange
- (anatomy, dated) proximal phalange
- Synonym: falange proximal
- (military, historical, Ancient Greece) phalanx
Hypernyms
edit- (phalange): osso
Meronyms
edit- (phalange): falange proximal, falange média, falange distal, falanginha, falangeta
- (phalanx): hoplita
Holonyms
edit- (phalange): dedo
Coordinate terms
edit- (phalanx): legião
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin phalangem (“phalanx”), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Cf. also the related palanca.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfalange f (plural falanges)
- (anatomy) phalanx (one of the bones of the finger or toe)
- (politics) phalange
- (military, historical, Ancient Greece) phalanx
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “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
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