phalanx

unregelmäßiger Plural

A noun with multiple meanings: it can refer to any of the bones of the fingers or toes, a closely ranked crowd of people, or a body of troops in close array.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv mit mehreren Bedeutungen: bezeichnet einen Finger- oder Zehenknochen, eine dicht stehende Menschenmenge oder eine militärische Formation in geschlossener Schlachtordnung.

1. Bone of finger or toe C1 formal medical

   Any of the small bones that form the fingers or toes in humans and many other vertebrates.

   • The surgeon repaired the fractured phalanx in his index finger.
   • Each finger consists of three phalanges, except the thumb which has two.
   • X-rays revealed a break in the proximal phalanx of her toe.

   🇩🇪Fingerknochen

2. Closely ranked crowd C1 formal

   A group of people or things standing closely together, often for a common purpose.

   • A phalanx of reporters awaited the celebrity outside the hotel.
   • The protesters formed a phalanx in front of the government building.
   • A phalanx of security guards surrounded the VIP.

   🇩🇪Geschlossene Reihe

   Synonyme: arrayassemblagecrowdhordehostmassmultitudethrong

3. Military formation C1 formal

   A body of troops or soldiers arranged in close, deep ranks, historically used in ancient Greek warfare.

   • The Macedonian phalanx was a formidable force on the battlefield.
   • The soldiers advanced in a tight phalanx formation.
   • The general ordered the phalanx to hold its position against the enemy charge.

   🇩🇪Phalanx

   Synonyme: columnformationhostlegionmass

• phalanges plural form
• phalanxes plural form
• phalanges' possessive plural form
• phalanxes' possessive plural form
• phalanx's possessive singular form