Marginal — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

at or constituting a border or edge

of questionable or minimal quality

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɑːɹdʒɪnəl/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɑːdʒɪnəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɑːdʒɪnəl/

3 syllables Say it as /mˈɑːɹdʒɪnəl/.

Examples

the marginal strip of beach
borderline grades
marginal writing ability

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bare fringy borderline

Parts of Speech

adjective	at or constituting a border or edge “the marginal strip of beach”
adjective	of questionable or minimal quality “borderline grades”
adjective	just barely adequate or within a lower limit “a bare majority”
adjective	producing at a rate that barely covers production costs “marginal industries”

Word Forms

fringe	noun	the outside boundary or surface of something
margin	noun	the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
marginality	noun	the property of being marginal or on the fringes

Around the World

Europe

🇮🇹Italian

marginale

in corrispondenza o che costituisce un confine o un bordo

🇳🇱Dutch

marginaal

op of vormen een grens of rand

🇷🇺Russian

маргинальный

на границе или краю или образуя границу

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सीमांत

किसी सीमा या किनारे पर या गठन करना

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রান্তিক

এ বা সীমানা বা প্রান্ত গঠন করা

🇮🇳Tamil

விளிம்புநிலை

ஒரு எல்லை அல்லது விளிம்பில் அல்லது அமைக்கிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉపాంత

సరిహద్దు లేదా అంచు వద్ద లేదా ఏర్పాటు చేయడం

🇮🇳Marathi

किरकोळ

सीमा किंवा काठावर किंवा तयार करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

સીમાંત

સરહદ અથવા ધાર પર અથવા રચના

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕನಿಷ್ಠ

ಗಡಿ ಅಥವಾ ಅಂಚಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ರಚನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നാമമാത്രമായ

ഒരു ബോർഡർ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അരികിൽ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ രൂപീകരിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਾਸ਼ੀਏ

ਸਰਹੱਦ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਨਾਰੇ 'ਤੇ ਜਾਂ ਗਠਨ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

معمولی

سرحد یا کنارے پر یا تشکیل دینا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

边缘

位于或构成边界或边缘

🇯🇵Japanese

限界的な

境界またはエッジにある、または境界またはエッジを構成する

🇰🇷Korean

가장자리 가의

경계나 가장자리에 있거나 이를 구성하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cận biên

tại hoặc cấu thành một đường viền hoặc cạnh

🇹🇭Thai

ชายขอบ

ที่หรือประกอบเป็นเส้นขอบหรือขอบ

🇵🇭Filipino

nasa gilid

sa o bumubuo ng isang hangganan o gilid

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هامشية

عند أو تشكل الحدود أو الحافة

🇮🇷Persian

حاشیه ای

در یا تشکیل یک مرز یا لبه

🇹🇷Turkish

marjinal

bir sınır veya kenarda veya bunları oluşturan

🇮🇱Hebrew

שׁוּלִי

ליד או מהווים גבול או קצה

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The primary meaning of 'marginal' is 'at or constituting a border or edge'.

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Using 'marginal' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'marginal' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'marginal' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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