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The brand name of a radar-controlled rapid fire 20mm Gatling-type machine gun, the Phalanx CIWS (pronounced see-wiz), deployed on U.S. Navy ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
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Usage: historical
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A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
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A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
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Usage: historical
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
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One of the bones of the finger or toe.
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Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: phalange, phalangeal
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A bundle of stamens, in diadelphous and polyadelphous flowers.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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any of the bones of the fingers or toes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bone, os
a body of troops in close array
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Broader terms: military unit, military force, military group, force
any closely ranked crowd of people
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Broader terms: crowd
Borrowed from Latin phalanx or Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order; array”). Doublet of phalange, planch, plancha, planche, and plank.
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
falang
— ancient Greek military unit
Albanian :
tufë trima
— ancient Greek military unit
Armenian :
փաղանգ
(pʻaġang)
— ancient Greek military unit
Belarusian :
фала́нга
(falánha)
— ancient Greek military unit
Bulgarian :
фаланга
(falanga)
— ancient Greek military unit
Catalan :
falange
— ancient Greek military unit
Chinese Mandarin :
方陣 /方阵
(fāngzhèn)
— ancient Greek military unit
Czech :
falanga
— ancient Greek military unit
Danish :
falanks
— ancient Greek military unit
Dutch :
falanx
— ancient Greek military unit
Esperanto :
falango
— ancient Greek military unit
Finnish :
falangi
— ancient Greek military unit
French :
phalange
— ancient Greek military unit
Galician :
falanxe
— ancient Greek military unit
German :
Phalanx
— ancient Greek military unit
Greek :
φάλαγγα
(fálanga)
— ancient Greek military unit
Ancient Greek :
φάλαγξ
(phálanx)
— ancient Greek military unit
Icelandic :
kjúka
— ancient Greek military unit
Irish :
falang
— ancient Greek military unit
Italian :
falange
— ancient Greek military unit
Japanese :
ファランクス
(farankusu)
— ancient Greek military unit
Latin :
phalanga
— ancient Greek military unit
Latin :
phalanx
— ancient Greek military unit
Macedonian :
фаланга
(falanga)
— ancient Greek military unit
Marathi :
फॅलँक्स
(phĕlĕṅksa)
— ancient Greek military unit
Polish :
falanga
— ancient Greek military unit
Portuguese :
falange
— ancient Greek military unit
Romanian :
falangă
— ancient Greek military unit
Russian :
фала́нга
(falánga)
— ancient Greek military unit
Serbo-Croatian :
фаланга
— ancient Greek military unit
Serbo-Croatian :
falanga
— ancient Greek military unit
Slovene :
falanga
— ancient Greek military unit
Spanish :
falange
— ancient Greek military unit
Swedish :
falang
— ancient Greek military unit
Ukrainian :
фала́нга
(falánha)
— ancient Greek military unit
Vietnamese :
phalanx
— ancient Greek military unit
Yiddish :
פֿאַלאַנגע
(falánge)
— ancient Greek military unit
Yiddish :
פֿאַלאַנקס
(falánks)
— ancient Greek military unit
Arabic :
سُلَامَى
(sulāmā)
— finger or toe bone
Arabic :
سُلَامِيَّة
(sulāmiyya)
— finger or toe bone
Armenian :
մատնահատված
(matnahatvac)
— finger or toe bone
Belarusian :
фала́нга
(falánha)
— finger or toe bone
Bulgarian :
фала́нга
(falánga)
— finger or toe bone
Catalan :
falange
— finger or toe bone
Chinese Mandarin :
指骨
(zhǐgǔ)
— finger or toe bone
Chinese Mandarin :
趾骨
(zhǐgǔ)
— finger or toe bone
Czech :
článek prstu
— finger or toe bone
Danish :
falanks
— finger or toe bone
Dutch :
kootje
— finger or toe bone
Esperanto :
falango
— finger or toe bone
Finnish :
varpaanluu
— finger or toe bone
Finnish :
sormiluu
— finger or toe bone
French :
phalange
— finger or toe bone
Galician :
falanxe
— finger or toe bone
German :
Fingerglied
— finger or toe bone
German :
Zehenglied
— finger or toe bone
Greek :
φάλαγγα
(fálanga)
— finger or toe bone
Hebrew :
גָּלִיל
(galíl)
— finger or toe bone
Hungarian :
ujjperc
— finger or toe bone
Icelandic :
kjúka
— finger or toe bone
Irish :
falang
— finger or toe bone
Italian :
falange
— finger or toe bone
Japanese :
指骨
(shikotsu)
— finger or toe bone
Japanese :
趾骨
(shikotsu)
— finger or toe bone
Korean :
지골
(jigol)
— finger or toe bone
Northern Kurdish :
hestiyên pêçiyê
— finger or toe bone
Northern Kurdish :
hestiyên tilîyê
— finger or toe bone
Macedonian :
фаланга
(falanga)
— finger or toe bone
Malay :
falanks
— finger or toe bone
Māori :
iwi mati
— finger or toe bone
Norwegian Bokmål :
falang
— finger or toe bone
Occitan :
falanja
— finger or toe bone
Polish :
paliczek
— finger or toe bone
Portuguese :
falange
— finger or toe bone
Romanian :
falangă
— finger or toe bone
Russian :
фала́нга
(falánga)
— finger or toe bone
Russian :
суста́в па́льца
(sustáv pálʹca)
— finger or toe bone
Serbo-Croatian :
фаланга
— finger or toe bone
Serbo-Croatian :
falanga
— finger or toe bone
Slovak :
článok prstu
— finger or toe bone
Spanish :
falange
— finger or toe bone
Swedish :
falang
— finger or toe bone
Ukrainian :
фала́нга
(falánha)
— finger or toe bone
Volapük :
doatabomil
— finger or toe bone
Volapük :
teanabomil
— finger or toe bone
Welsh :
ffalang
— finger or toe bone
Yiddish :
פֿינגערביין
(fíngerbeyn)
— finger or toe bone
Yiddish :
פֿינגערביינדל
(fíngerbeyndl)
— finger or toe bone
Yiddish :
פֿינגער־פֿאַלאַנגע
(fínger-falánge)
— finger or toe bone
Italian :
orda
— large group of animals, plants, or people
Polish :
falanga
— large group of animals, plants, or people
Catalan :
falange
— large group of people
Finnish :
falangi
— large group of people
Greek :
φάλαγγα
(fálanga)
— large group of people
Italian :
orda
— large group of people
Macedonian :
фаланга
(falanga)
— large group of people
Polish :
falanga
— large group of people
Russian :
фала́нга
(falánga)
— large group of people
Serbo-Croatian :
фаланга
— large group of people
Serbo-Croatian :
falanga
— large group of people