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phalange¹

  • /ˈfælændʒ/ UK
  • /fəˈlændʒ/ UK
  • /ˈfeɪlændʒ/ US
  • /fəˈlændʒ/ US

Rhymes with -ændʒ

Where it comes from

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.

noun phalanges

  1. obsolete Synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).

    Similar: phalanx

  2. Synonym of phalanx (“one of the bones of the finger or toe”).

    Similar: 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; […]

Phalange²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun the Phalange

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

    Similar: Kataeb

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@misc{phalange_2026,
  title = {phalange},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phalange},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}