Meanings
phalange1
plural phalanges
- biologyAny of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
- biologyA bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.
- 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
Phalange2
- A right-wing Lebanese paramilitary movement based somewhat on the Spanish Falange.
Synonyms: Kataeb
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).
nounSynonym of phalanx (“one of the bones of the finger or toe”).
proper nounA right-wing Lebanese paramilitary movement based somewhat on the Spanish Falange.
Origin
phalange · noun
- Ancient Greekφάλαγξ
- Latinphalanx
- Old Frenchphalange
- Middle Frenchphalange
- Middle Englishphalange
- Englishphalange
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Phalange · proper noun
- FrenchPhalange
- EnglishPhalange
From French Phalange, from phalange (“phalanx”).
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phalange. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phalange
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