phalange

See also: Phalange

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French phalange. Doublet of phalanx, planch, plancha, planche, and plank.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfælændʒ/, /fəˈlændʒ/
• Rhymes: -ændʒ

Noun

phalange (plural phalanges)

1. (obsolete) A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.). [15th–17th c.]
2. (anatomy) A phalanx ("one of the bones of the finger or toe"). [from 17th c.]
3. (zoology) Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
4. (botany) A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.
5. A phalanstery.
   • 1910, Mikhail Ivanovich Tugan-Baranovskiĭ, Modern Socialism in Its Historical Development, page 164:

     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; […]

Derived terms

• distal phalange
• intermediate phalange
• middle phalange
• phalangeal
• proximal phalange

 

Translations

phalanx — see phalanx

Anagrams

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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/

• Audio:

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Noun

phalange f (plural phalanges)

1. (anatomy) phalanx
2. (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

Noun

phalange

1. ablative singular of phalanx

Portuguese

Noun

phalange f (plural phalanges)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of falange.