falange

== Catalan == === 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) phalanx (Ancient Greek military unit) phalanx (bone) ==== Derived terms ==== falangeta falàngic == Italian == === 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) (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 ==== == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === phalange (pre-standardization spelling) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin phalangem (“phalanx”), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Compare also the related palanca. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fa‧lan‧ge === Noun === falange f (plural falanges) (anatomy) phalanx; phalange Hypernym: osso Holonym: dedo Meronyms: falange proximal, falange média, falange distal, falanginha, falangeta (anatomy, dated) proximal phalange Synonym: falange proximal (military, historical, Ancient Greece) phalanx Meronym: hoplita Coordinate term: legião (collective) legion Synonym: legião === Further reading === “falange”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “falange”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === 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) (anatomy) phalanx (one of the bones of the finger or toe) Hypernym: hueso Holonym: dedo Meronyms: falangina, falangeta (politics) phalange (military, historical, Ancient Greece) phalanx Meronym: hoplita Coordinate term: legión ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “falange”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 falange on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es