marger

French

Etymology

From marge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.ʒe/

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Verb

marger

1. to margin (to give something a margin)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written marge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of marger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	marger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	margeant /maʁ.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		margé /maʁ.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	marge /maʁʒ/	marges /maʁʒ/	marge /maʁʒ/	margeons /maʁ.ʒɔ̃/	margez /maʁ.ʒe/	margent /maʁʒ/
	imperfect	margeais /maʁ.ʒɛ/	margeais /maʁ.ʒɛ/	margeait /maʁ.ʒɛ/	margions /maʁ.ʒjɔ̃/	margiez /maʁ.ʒje/	margeaient /maʁ.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	margeai /maʁ.ʒe/	margeas /maʁ.ʒa/	margea /maʁ.ʒa/	margeâmes /maʁ.ʒam/	margeâtes /maʁ.ʒat/	margèrent /maʁ.ʒɛʁ/
	future	margerai /maʁ.ʒə.ʁe/	margeras /maʁ.ʒə.ʁa/	margera /maʁ.ʒə.ʁa/	margerons /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/	margerez /maʁ.ʒə.ʁe/	margeront /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	margerais /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/	margerais /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/	margerait /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/	margerions /maʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	margeriez /maʁ.ʒə.ʁje/	margeraient /maʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	marge /maʁʒ/	marges /maʁʒ/	marge /maʁʒ/	margions /maʁ.ʒjɔ̃/	margiez /maʁ.ʒje/	margent /maʁʒ/
	imperfect2	margeasse /maʁ.ʒas/	margeasses /maʁ.ʒas/	margeât /maʁ.ʒa/	margeassions /maʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	margeassiez /maʁ.ʒa.sje/	margeassent /maʁ.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	marge /maʁʒ/	—	margeons /maʁ.ʒɔ̃/	margez /maʁ.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “marger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Noun

marger m

1. indefinite plural of marg