phalange
See also: Phalange
English
Etymology
From Middle French phalange.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfælændʒ/, /fəˈlændʒ/
Noun
phalange (plural phalanges)
- (obsolete) A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.). [15th-17th c.]
- (anatomy) A phalanx. [from 17th c.]
- (rare) Alternative form of Falange
Translations
phalanx — see phalanx
political movement
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Doublet of palanque and palanche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.lɑ̃ʒ/
Noun
phalange f (plural phalanges)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “phalange” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Noun
phalange
- ablative singular of phalanx
Portuguese
Noun
phalange f (plural phalanges)
- Obsolete spelling of falange (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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