marginal

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, equivalent to margin +‎ -al. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmɐː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/ === Adjective === marginal (not generally comparable, comparative more marginal, superlative most marginal) (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge). Written in the margin of a book. (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent. (comparable) Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin. Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category. (of land) Barely productive. (politics, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election. (economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good. (sociology) Marginalized. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== margin marginalia ==== Translations ==== === Noun === marginal (plural marginals) Something or somebody that is marginal. (politics) A constituency won with a small margin. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === alarming == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [mər.ʒiˈnal] IPA(key): (Valencia) [maɾ.d͡ʒiˈnal] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [mar.ʒiˈnal] === Adjective === marginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural marginals) marginal ==== Related terms ==== marge ==== Further reading ==== “marginal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, from Latin margō (whence marge). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maʁ.ʒi.nal/ Homophones: marginale, marginales === Adjective === marginal (feminine marginale, masculine plural marginaux, feminine plural marginales) marginal (written in the margin of a book) (relational) margin, edge, marginal coût marginal ― marginal cost fringe, fringy (outside the mainstream) secondary (of lesser importance) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: marjinal === Noun === marginal m (plural marginaux) dropout, misfit (person that chooses to live on the fringes of society) Near-synonyms: reclus, asocial === Further reading === “marginal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aːl === Adjective === marginal (strong nominative masculine singular marginaler, not comparable) marginal ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “marginal” in Duden online “marginal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin marginalis. === Adjective === marginal (neuter singular marginalt, definite singular and plural marginale) marginal === References === “marginal” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin marginalis. === Adjective === marginal (neuter singular marginalt, definite singular and plural marginale) marginal === References === “marginal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -al, -aw Hyphenation: mar‧gi‧nal === Adjective === marginal m or f (plural marginais) marginal (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge) outlaw, criminal (a person who operates outside established norms) Synonyms: delinquente, desviante (economics) marginal ==== Derived terms ==== marginalmente ==== Related terms ==== margem === Noun === marginal f (plural marginais) a coastal avenue === Noun === marginal m or f by sense (plural marginais) outlaw, criminal (a person who operates outside established norms) Synonym: delinquente === Further reading === “marginal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “marginal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French marginal. By surface analysis, margine +‎ -al. === Adjective === marginal m or n (feminine singular marginală, masculine plural marginali, feminine/neuter plural marginale) marginal ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maɾxiˈnal/ [maɾ.xiˈnal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: mar‧gi‧nal === Adjective === marginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural marginales) marginal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “marginal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === marginal c a margin ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== marginalisera marginell