Phalanx

//ˈfeɪˌlæŋks//

Synonyms for "phalanx" (83 found)

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Translations

95 translations across 45 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • falang noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • tufë trima noun (ancient Greek military unit)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • φάλαγξ noun (ancient Greek military unit)

Arabic

2 entries
  • سُلَامَى noun (finger or toe bone)
  • سُلَامِيَّة noun (finger or toe bone)

Armenian

2 entries
  • մատնահատված noun (finger or toe bone)
  • փաղանգ noun (ancient Greek military unit)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • фала́нга noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • фала́нга noun (finger or toe bone)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • фала́нга noun (finger or toe bone)
  • фаланга noun (ancient Greek military unit)

Catalan

3 entries
  • falange noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falange noun (finger or toe bone)
  • falange noun (large group of people)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 指骨 noun (finger or toe bone)
  • 方陣 /方阵 noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • 趾骨 noun (finger or toe bone)

Czech

2 entries
  • falanga noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • článek prstu noun (finger or toe bone)

Danish

2 entries
  • falanks noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falanks noun (finger or toe bone)

Dutch

2 entries
  • falanx noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • kootje noun (finger or toe bone)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • falango noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falango noun (finger or toe bone)

Finnish

4 entries
  • falangi noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falangi noun (large group of people)
  • sormiluu noun (finger or toe bone)
  • varpaanluu noun (finger or toe bone)

French

2 entries
  • phalange noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • phalange noun (finger or toe bone)

Galician

2 entries
  • falanxe noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falanxe noun (finger or toe bone)

German

3 entries
  • Fingerglied noun (finger or toe bone)
  • Phalanx noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • Zehenglied noun (finger or toe bone)

Greek

3 entries
  • φάλαγγα noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • φάλαγγα noun (finger or toe bone)
  • φάλαγγα noun (large group of people)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גָּלִיל noun (finger or toe bone)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • ujjperc noun (finger or toe bone)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • kjúka noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • kjúka noun (finger or toe bone)

Irish

2 entries
  • falang noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falang noun (finger or toe bone)

Italian

4 entries
  • falange noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falange noun (finger or toe bone)
  • orda noun (large group of animals, plants, or people)
  • orda noun (large group of people)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ファランクス noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • 指骨 noun (finger or toe bone)
  • 趾骨 noun (finger or toe bone)

Korean

1 entries
  • 지골 noun (finger or toe bone)

Latin

2 entries
  • phalanga noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • phalanx noun (ancient Greek military unit)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • фаланга noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • фаланга noun (finger or toe bone)
  • фаланга noun (large group of people)

Malay

1 entries
  • falanks noun (finger or toe bone)

Marathi

1 entries
  • फॅलँक्स noun (ancient Greek military unit)

Māori

1 entries
  • iwi mati noun (finger or toe bone)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • hestiyên pêçiyê noun (finger or toe bone)
  • hestiyên tilîyê noun (finger or toe bone)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • falang noun (finger or toe bone)

Occitan

1 entries
  • falanja noun (finger or toe bone)

Polish

4 entries
  • falanga noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falanga noun (large group of animals, plants, or people)
  • falanga noun (large group of people)
  • paliczek noun (finger or toe bone)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • falange noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falange noun (finger or toe bone)

Romanian

2 entries
  • falangă noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falangă noun (finger or toe bone)

Russian

4 entries
  • суста́в па́льца noun (finger or toe bone)
  • фала́нга noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • фала́нга noun (finger or toe bone)
  • фала́нга noun (large group of people)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • falanga noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falanga noun (finger or toe bone)
  • falanga noun (large group of people)
  • фаланга noun (ancient Greek military unit)

Slovak

1 entries
  • článok prstu noun (finger or toe bone)

Slovene

1 entries
  • falanga noun (ancient Greek military unit)

Spanish

2 entries
  • falange noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falange noun (finger or toe bone)

Swedish

2 entries
  • falang noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • falang noun (finger or toe bone)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • фала́нга noun (ancient Greek military unit)
  • фала́нга noun (finger or toe bone)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phalanx noun (ancient Greek military unit)

Volapük

2 entries
  • doatabomil noun (finger or toe bone)
  • teanabomil noun (finger or toe bone)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ffalang noun (finger or toe bone)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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The general charges the phalanx of the Egyptians.

Source: tatoeba (11803407)

The phalanx is broken, you need to see a doctor.

Source: tatoeba (13428324)

[Charles Fourier] calculated that if precisely 1,620 men, women and children were collected in a 6,000-acre phalanx, they would — all by merrily following their individual passions — end up satisfying all the phalanx’s essential needs.

Source: wiktionary

The monarch hath gone, but his rocky throne Still rests on its frowning base; Its motionless guards rise in phalanx lone, And nought save the winds through their helmets that moan, And none but those bosoms and hearts of stone Sigh o'er a fallen race.

Source: wiktionary

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