How do you pronounce phalanx?

phalanx is pronounced as /ˈfeɪlæŋks/.

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phalanx

🛡️phalanx (phalanx)

noun

/ˈfeɪlæŋks/

phalanx (phalanx)

petulant phantasm

Signification

A group of people or things arranged in a compact, close formation; also an ancient Greek military formation.

Traduction de la signification

Un groupe de personnes ou de choses disposées dans une formation compacte et rapprochée ; également une formation militaire grecque ancienne.

Phrases d'exemple

A phalanx of reporters waited outside the courthouse.

Un groupe de journalistes attendait devant le tribunal.

Synonymes

formation, column, group, mass

Antonymes

scattering, dispersal

Collocations

phalanx of soldiers, phalanx of reporters, tight phalanx

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