See also: Marge and margé

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Etymology 1 edit

From French marge, from Latin margo, of Germanic origin. Doublet of margin and margo.

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marge (plural marges)

  1. (archaic) Margin; edge; brink or verge.

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of margarine.

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marge (usually uncountable, plural marges)

  1. (informal, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada) Margarine.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 246:
      Or probably all meals coalesced with him in an orgy of thick bread-and-marge and an array of sauce-bottles.

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marge (plural marges)

  1. (MLE) Mother.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mother
    • 2015, Stormzy (lyrics and music), “Shut Up” (track 15), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy:
      Had four bills and I bought me a car / Little red whip that I bought for my marge
    • 2018, Guy Gunaratne, In Our Mad and Furious City, London: Tinder Press, →ISBN, page unknown:
      I think about my family too. My dad and his failing heart. My marge and her church. I think about what they'll do once I'm gone. Think about the way out, the blue space above.

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Catalan margen, from Latin marginem (compare Occitan marge, French marge, Portuguese margem), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-, marǵ-.

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marge m (plural marges or margens)

  1. margin, edge, border
  2. a riverbank, especially when lined with trees; a border planting
  3. (economics) margin

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle Dutch marge, maerge, from Old French marge, from Latin margō.

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marge f or m (plural marges, diminutive margetje n)

  1. margin
    Synonym: kantlijn

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French, from Latin marginem, from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-, marǵ-.

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marge f (plural marges)

  1. margin (of paper, etc)
  2. (economics, business) markup (percentage or amount added to buy-in price)

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  • Czech: marže
  • German: Marge
  • Polish: marża
  • Russian: маржа (marža)

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