falanga

See also: Falanga, falangă, falangą, and Falangą

Czech

Alternative forms

• falanx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfalaŋɡa]

Noun

falanga f

1. phalanx (military formation)

Declension

Declension of falanga (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	falanga	falangy
genitive	falangy	falang
dative	falanze	falangám
accusative	falangu	falangy
vocative	falango	falangy
locative	falanze	falangách
instrumental	falangou	falangami

Further reading

• “falanga”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latin

Noun

falanga f (genitive falangae); first declension

1. Alternative form of phalanga

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	falanga	falangae
Genitive	falangae	falangārum
Dative	falangae	falangīs
Accusative	falangam	falangās
Ablative	falangā	falangīs
Vocative	falanga	falangae

References

• falanga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

falanga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈlaŋ.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: fa‧lan‧ga
• Homophone: Falanga

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin phalanga.

Noun

falanga f (related adjective falangowy)

1. (Ancient Greece, historical, military) phalanx (ancient Greek military unit)

Related terms

noun

• falangita

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French phalange.

Noun

falanga f

1. phalanx (large group of animals, plants, or people)
2. (socialism) phalanx (in Charles Fourier's theory of utopian socialism: a community of about 1,600 people, engaged in agriculture and production, living in settlements)

Etymology 3

From Falanga.

Noun

falanga f

1. (fascism, nationalism) radical nationalist or fascist organization
2. (fascism, nationalism) symbol of Polish nationalists in the form of a schematic representation of a hand holding an upraised sword

Declension

Declension of falanga

	singular	plural
nominative	falanga	falangi
genitive	falangi	falang
dative	falandze	falangom
accusative	falangę	falangi
instrumental	falangą	falangami
locative	falandze	falangach
vocative	falango	falangi

Related terms

adjective

• falangistowski

 

nouns

• Falanga
• falangista

 

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

falanga f (related adjective falangowy)

1. (botany) phalanx (type of plant growth characterized by the formation of clumps)

Declension

Declension of falanga

	singular
nominative	falanga
genitive	falangi
dative	falandze
accusative	falangę
instrumental	falangą
locative	falandze
vocative	falango

Further reading

• falanga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• falanga in Polish dictionaries at PWN