fringe

Meaning

Noun

1. A decorative border.
2. (broadly) A decorative border.
3. (also, figuratively) A marginal or peripheral part.
4. A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
5. (also, attributive) A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
6. The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
7. (Australia) The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
8. (UK) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
9. A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
10. Non-mainstream theatre.
11. The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
12. The area around the green
13. A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.

Adj

Outside the mainstream.

Verb

1. (transitive) To decorate with fringe.
2. (transitive) To serve as a fringe.

Synonyms

edge

border

rim

tassel

margin

periphery

brim

brink

edging

hem

side

bangs

bang

welt

perimeter

forelock

outskirts

supplement

surroundings

frill

marking

outskirt

circumference

outer boundary

addition

verge

interference fringe

tape

streak

stripe

environs

pom-pom

skirt

tassels

handbell

hair

furbelow

fur

cuff

peripheral

foretop

cord

borderline

pattern

footwork

outline

flounce

marginal

flank

lunatic fringe

Translations

frange

frangia

Rand

fleco

franja

franje

periferia

orla

Pony

rand

bord

Franse

franja

périphérie

periferia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹɪnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: frenge

Cognate with German: Franse

Cognate with Danish: frynse

In summary

From Middle English frenge, from Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, a metathesis of Latin fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”, plural), of uncertain origin. Compare German Franse and Danish frynse. Displaced native Middle English fnæd (“fringe”), Middle English byrd (“fringe”), Middle English fasel (“fringe”) from Old English fæs (“fringe”), and Old English fnæs (“fringe”). Doublet of fimbria.