falange
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See also: Falange
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin phalangem, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Cf. also the related palanca.
Pronunciation
Noun
falange f (plural falanges)
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin phalangem, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). See also the related falanga and palanca.
Pronunciation
Noun
falange 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
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Portuguese
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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)
- (anatomy) phalanx; phalange
- (anatomy, dated) proximal phalange
- Synonym: falange proximal
- (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
Noun
falange f (plural falanges)
- (anatomy) phalanx (one of the bones of the finger or toe)
- (politics) phalange
- (military, historical, Ancient Greece) phalanx
Derived terms
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
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