marginal

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)ˌdʒɪn.əl/

AdjectiveEdit

marginal (not generally comparable, comparative more marginal, superlative most marginal)

1. (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).

   The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants.

   In recent years there has been an increase in violence against marginal groups.

   1. Written in the margin of a book.

      There were more marginal notes than text.

      • 1999, R. I. Page, Introduction to English Runes, Boydell Press, page 198:

        The early pages had marginal notes most of which were lost when rats nibbled away the manuscript edges.

   2. (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.

      Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England.

2. (comparable) Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.
   1. 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.

      His writing ability was marginal at best.

      Having reviewed the test, there are two students below the required standard and three more who are marginal.

   2. (of land) Barely productive.

      He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.

   3. (politics, chiefly Britain, 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.

      In Bristol West, Labour had a majority of only 1,000, so the seat is considered highly marginal this time around.

      • 2002, Andrew Geddes, Jonathan Tonge, Labour′s Second Landslide: The British General Election 2001, page 79,

        In ‘battleground’ seats with the Conservatives, Liberal Democrat vote shares increased most in the most marginal seats.

      • 2007, Robert Waller, Byron Criddle, The Almanac of British Politics, page 58,

        In Outer London, Harrow East is now a more marginal Labour hold than Harrow West.

      • 2010, Nick Economou, Zareh Ghazarian, Australian Politics For Dummies, unnumbered page,

        The pendulum lists the seats from least marginal to most marginal for the government on one side, and least marginal to most marginal for the opposition on the other side.

3. (economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.

Derived termsEdit

• comarginal
• marginal cost
• marginalise, marginalize

• marginal utility
• postmarginal
• submarginal

Related termsEdit

• margin
• marginalia

TranslationsEdit

of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge

• Catalan: marginal (ca)
• French: marginal (fr), périphérique (fr)
• Portuguese: periférico (pt), marginal (pt)

• Spanish: marginal (es)
• Swedish: marginell (sv)

geographically adjacent

• French: adjacent (fr), limitrophe (fr), voisin (fr)
• Portuguese: fronteiriço (pt), adjacente (pt)

• Spanish: fronterizo, adyacente (es)

written in the margin of a book

• French: marginal (fr)

• Spanish: marginal (es)

at the lower extent of a standard

• French: médiocre (fr)

• Spanish: inferior (es)

of land that is barely productive

• French: pauvre (fr)

• Spanish: baldío

where the winning margin was a small proportion of the total number of votes

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} هامش‏‎

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} marginaal

NounEdit

marginal (plural marginals)

1. Something that is marginal.
2. A constituency won with a small margin.

TranslationsEdit

something that is marginal

a constituency with a small winning margin

AnagramsEdit

• alarming

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CatalanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

marginal (masculine and feminine plural marginals)

1. marginal
   • 2016 December 1, “Alep: La batalla que va decidir el curs de la guerra a Síria”, in El Periódico^[1] (in Catalan):

     Ara, els EUA juguen un paper marginal en el conflicte.

     Now, the US plays a marginal role in the conflict.

Related termsEdit

• marge

Further readingEdit

• “marginal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Medieval Latin marginalis.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.ʒi.nal/
• Homophones: marginale, marginales

AdjectiveEdit

marginal (feminine singular marginale, masculine plural marginaux, feminine plural marginales)

1. Written in the margin of a book; marginal
2. Of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge; marginal
3. Outside the mainstream; fringe, fringy
4. Of lesser importance; secondary

NounEdit

marginal m (plural marginaux)

1. A person that chose to live on the fringes of society; dropout, misfit

Further readingEdit

• “marginal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -aːl

AdjectiveEdit

marginal (not comparable)

1. marginal

DeclensionEdit

Declension of marginal

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist marginal	sie ist marginal	es ist marginal	sie sind marginal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	marginaler	marginale	marginales	marginale
	genitive	marginalen	marginaler	marginalen	marginaler
	dative	marginalem	marginaler	marginalem	marginalen
	accusative	marginalen	marginale	marginales	marginale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der marginale	die marginale	das marginale	die marginalen
	genitive	des marginalen	der marginalen	des marginalen	der marginalen
	dative	dem marginalen	der marginalen	dem marginalen	den marginalen
	accusative	den marginalen	die marginale	das marginale	die marginalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein marginaler	eine marginale	ein marginales	(keine) marginalen
	genitive	eines marginalen	einer marginalen	eines marginalen	(keiner) marginalen
	dative	einem marginalen	einer marginalen	einem marginalen	(keinen) marginalen
	accusative	einen marginalen	eine marginale	ein marginales	(keine) marginalen

Further readingEdit

• marginal in Duden online

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin marginalis

AdjectiveEdit

marginal (neuter singular marginalt, definite singular and plural marginale)

1. marginal

ReferencesEdit

• “marginal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin marginalis

AdjectiveEdit

marginal (neuter singular marginalt, definite singular and plural marginale)

1. marginal

ReferencesEdit

• “marginal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Medieval Latin marginālis.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾ.ʒi.ˈnaɫ/
• Hyphenation: mar‧gi‧nal

AdjectiveEdit

marginal m, f (plural marginais, comparable)

1. marginal

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SpanishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

marginal (plural marginales)

1. marginal

Related termsEdit

• margen

Further readingEdit

• “marginal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

marginal c

1. a margin

DeclensionEdit

Declension of marginal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	marginal	marginalen	marginaler	marginalerna
Genitive	marginals	marginalens	marginalers	marginalernas

Related termsEdit

• marginalisera
• marginell