phalanx

Meaning of phalanx

noun

a body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation.
six hundred marchers set off, led by a phalanx of police
a bone of the finger or toe.

mid 16th century (denoting a body of Macedonian infantry): via Latin from Greek.

Information about phalanx

It is a name.
The plural form of phalanx is: phalanxes.
Languages in which phalanx is used:
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Hyphenation of phalanx

pha-lanx

It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
phalanx is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of phalanx

French: phalange
Italian: falange
Spanish: falange

Words that rhyme with phalanx

lanx, maniphalanx, pediphalanx

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