marginaal

Meaning

Adj

1. (literally) marginal, in or at the margin or edge(s)
2. (figuratively) at the edge; borderline; destitute
3. (figuratively) socially outcast
4. (figuratively) (almost) insignificant, of minor importance
5. (Belgium, figuratively, slang) trashy

Adv

marginally, slightly

Noun

1. (masculine) a marginal person, an outcast
2. (masculine) a freak

Concepts

marginal

fringe

Translations

marginal

marginal

marginale

marginal

marginal

هامش

am Rande

περιθωριακός

accessoire

en marge

d’une manière marginale

marginalmente

fronteiriça

contracorriente

marginalmente

Etymology

Borrowed from French: marginal

In summary

From French marginal, from Medieval Latin marginalis, itself from Latin margō (“edge”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”)) + -ālis (“-al”). By surface analysis, marge + -aal.