phalanx

Definizione monolingua phalanx

phalanx

Noun

phalanx (plural phalanxes or phalanges)

1. (plural phalanxes) a large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
   • 2007, The Guardian, [1]

     There, the Paisleyites were being held back by another phalanx of soldiers and policemen.

   • 2007, The Guardian, [2]

     The Guardian today listed a phalanx of ministers who back the bill, including Tessa Jowell, the culture secretary, Tony McNulty, the policing minister, Andy Burnham, the junior health minister, Ian Pearson, the climate change minister, John Healey, the financial secretary to the Treasury, and Keith Hill, parliamentary private secretary to Tony Blair

2. (anatomy, plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.
3. (historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
4. (historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.

Definizione italiano>inglese phalanx

falange

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Traduzione 'veloce'

falange ,~(anatomy, plural phalanges ) One of the bones of the finger or toe.~~(plural phalanxes ) a large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.~~(historical, plural phalanxes ) An ancient Greek 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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