falange
Portuguese, noun/faˈlɐ̃.ʒi/
falange is spelled F-A-L-A-N-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,230th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falange is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “phalanx; phalange” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada um dos ossos dos dedos”.
What does falange mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephalanx; phalange
- 2
datedfeminineproximal phalange
- 3
femininephalanx
Coordinate term: legião
- 4
femininelegion
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cada um dos ossos dos dedos 2. corpo de tropas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of falange
- falanges plural
- falanginha diminutive
- phalange alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce falange?
- Brazil /faˈlɐ̃.ʒi/
- Portugal /fɐˈlɐ̃.ʒɨ/
- Portugal /fɐ.ˈlɐ̃.ʒɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to falange
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falange in Portuguese?
falange appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).