"falange" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /faˈlanxe/, [faˈlãŋ.xe] Forms: falanges [plural]
Rhymes: -anxe Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phalangem (“phalanx”), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Cf. also the related palanca. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|la|phalanx|phalangem|t=phalanx}} Borrowed from Latin phalangem (“phalanx”), {{der|es|grc|φάλαγξ||battle order, array}} Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} falange f (plural falanges)
  1. (anatomy) phalanx (one of the bones of the finger or toe) Tags: feminine Hypernyms: hueso Holonyms: dedo Meronyms: falangina, falangeta
    Sense id: en-falange-es-noun-4Fy1j2wf Categories (other): Skeleton, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 71 15 15 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (politics) phalange Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-falange-es-noun-aMqDVOGy Categories (other): Politics Topics: government, politics
  3. (military, historical, Ancient Greece) phalanx Tags: feminine, historical Meronyms: hoplita Coordinate_terms: legión
    Sense id: en-falange-es-noun--nTIWdb2 Categories (other): Ancient Greece, Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: falángico, interfalángico, metacarpofalángico, metatarsofalángico

Inflected forms

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