phalangiste
French, noun\fa.lɑ̃.ʒist\
phalangiste is spelled P-H-A-L-A-N-G-I-S-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phalangiste is a French masculine noun meaning “scarab beetle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Scarabée qui vit dans les bouses”.
What does phalangiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescarab beetle
- 2
masculineFalangist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Scarabée qui vit dans les bouses. 2. Membre de la Phalange, mouvement d’extrême-droite espagnol. 3. Membre des Phalanges, parti politico-militaire libanais.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of phalangiste
- phalangistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phalangiste?
- \fa.lɑ̃.ʒist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is phalangiste in French?
phalangiste appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).