margem

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese margen, from Latin marginem (“edge, brink, border, margin”), from Proto-Indo-European *merg-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.ʒẽj̃/ [ˈmaɦ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.ʒẽj̃/ [ˈmaɦ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.ʒẽj̃/ [ˈmaɾ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.ʒẽj̃/ [ˈmaʁ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɻ.ʒẽj̃/ [ˈmaɻ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.ʒɐ̃j̃/

• Hyphenation: mar‧gem

Noun

margem f (plural margens)

1. bank (edge of river or lake)
2. edge of a surface
3. (typography) margin (edge of paper which remains blank)
4. margin (difference between results, characteristics, scores)
5. margin (permissible difference)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:margem.

Synonyms

• (bank): beira
• (edge): beira, beirada, borda, orla

Derived terms

Derived terms

• à margem
• à margem de
• margem de erro
• margem de lucro

Related terms

• margeante
• margear
• marginado
• marginador
• marginal
• marginalidade
• marginalização
• marginalizado
• marginalizar
• marginar