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phalange

/ˈfælændʒ/US/ˈfeɪlændʒ/

phalange noun: synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).

Noun

phalange (plural phalanges)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).
    Synonyms:
    phalanx
  2. Synonym of phalanx (“one of the bones of the finger or toe”).
    Synonyms:
    phalanx
  3. Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
  4. A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.
  5. A phalanstery.
    • The office of an Unarch is therefore but an honourable title. What can political authority be applied to in the Phalange, where all means of violence are absolutely useless, where no clashing interests, no enemies exist; […]1910, Mikhail Ivanovich Tugan-Baranovskiĭ, Modern Socialism in Its Historical Development, page 164

Proper noun capitalized: Phalange

the Phalange

  1. A right-wing Lebanese paramilitary movement based somewhat on the Spanish Falange.
    Synonyms:
    Kataeb

Synonyms of phalange

Forms of phalange

pluralphalanges

Origin of phalange

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.

From French Phalange, from phalange (“phalanx”).

Words formed from phalange

Words that rhyme with phalange

Questions about phalange

What does phalange mean?
Phalange means synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).
What part of speech is phalange?
Phalange can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce phalange?
Phalange is pronounced /ˈfælændʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of phalange?
The plural of phalange is phalanges.

Words near phalange in the dictionary

  1. phalaenopsine
  2. phalaenopsines
  3. phalaenopsis
  4. phalaenopsises
  5. phalangal
  6. phalange
  7. phalangeal
  8. phalangeals
  9. phalangectomy
  10. phalanger
  11. phalangerid

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