phalanx

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (historical) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
  2. (historical) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
  3. A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
  4. One of the bones of the finger or toe.
  5. A bundle of stamens, in diadelphous and polyadelphous flowers.

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φάλαγγα

vingerkootje

Zehenknochen

φάλαγξ

ossa phalangum digitorum

slagorde

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈfeɪ.ˌlæŋks/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Latin phalanx or Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Doublet of phalange, planch, plancha, planche, and plank.

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