phalange

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English phalange, from Middle French phalange, from Old French phalange, from Latin phalanx (accusative phalangem), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Doublet of phalanx, planch, plancha, planche, and plank. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfælændʒ/, /fəˈlændʒ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfeɪlændʒ/, /fəˈlændʒ/ Rhymes: -ændʒ === Noun === phalange (plural phalanges) (obsolete) Synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”). [15th–17th c.] (anatomy) Synonym of phalanx (“one of the bones of the finger or toe”). [from 17th c.] (zoology) Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus. (botany) A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments. A phalanstery. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Gen Alpha == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from either Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx) or Latin phalangem. Doublet of palanque and palanche. See also the related planche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fa.lɑ̃ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃ʒ === Noun === phalange f (plural phalanges) (anatomy) phalanx (historical) phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.) ==== Derived terms ==== phalangette === Further reading === “phalange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʰaˈɫaŋ.ɡɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [faˈlan̠ʲ.d͡ʒe] === Noun === phalange ablative singular of phalanx == Portuguese == === Noun === phalange f (plural phalanges) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of falange