English Explanatory Dictionary

phalange

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).
  2. Synonym of phalanx (“one of the bones of the finger or toe”).
  3. Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
  4. A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.
  5. A phalanstery.
name
  1. A right-wing Lebanese paramilitary movement based somewhat on the Spanish Falange.

Pronunciation

/ˈfælændʒ/ /fəˈlændʒ/ /ˈfeɪlændʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phalange.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phalange2.wav

Word forms

phalange phalanges the Phalange

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.

Synonyms

phalanx Kataeb

Derived words

distal phalange intermediate phalange middle phalange phalangeal phalangigrade polyphalange proximal phalange Phalangist
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