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8-letter words (2 found)

ALARMING,MARGINAL,

7-letter words (4 found)

LAMINAR,LARIGAN,MARLING,RAILMAN,

6-letter words (25 found)

AGNAIL,AIRMAN,ALMAIN,ANIMAL,ARGALI,ARLING,ARMING,GARIAL,INGRAM,LAMINA,LAMING,LANGAR,LINGAM,MAAING,MAGIAN,MALIGN,MANGAL,MANILA,MARGIN,MARINA,MARLIN,NAGARI,NARIAL,RAGLAN,RAGMAN,

5-letter words (47 found)

AGAIN,AGAMI,AGILA,AGRIA,AGRIN,AINGA,ALANG,ALARM,ALGIN,ALIGN,AMAIN,AMIGA,AMNIA,ANIMA,ARGAL,ARGAN,ARGIL,ARMIL,GAMIN,GARNI,GLAIR,GNARL,GRAAL,GRAIL,GRAIN,GRAMA,GRANA,INARM,LAARI,LAGAN,LAMIA,LANAI,LIANA,LIANG,LIGAN,LIMAN,LINGA,MALAR,MANGA,MANIA,MARIA,MINAR,NAIRA,RAMAL,RAMIN,RANGA,RANGI,

4-letter words (80 found)

AGAR,AGIN,AGMA,AIGA,AIRN,ALAN,ALAR,ALGA,ALMA,AMIA,AMIN,AMIR,AMLA,ANAL,ANGA,ANIL,ARIA,ARIL,ARNA,GAIN,GAIR,GALA,GAMA,GARI,GILA,GIRL,GIRN,GLAM,GLIA,GLIM,GNAR,GRAM,GRAN,GRIM,GRIN,LAIN,LAIR,LAMA,LANA,LANG,LARI,LARN,LIAR,LIMA,LIMN,LING,LIRA,MAAR,MAGI,MAIL,MAIN,MAIR,MALA,MALI,MANA,MANG,MANI,MARA,MARG,MARL,MINA,MING,NAAM,NAGA,NAIL,NALA,NGAI,NIRL,RAGA,RAGI,RAIA,RAIL,RAIN,RAMI,RANA,RANG,RANI,RIAL,RIMA,RING,

3-letter words (45 found)

AAL,AGA,AIA,AIL,AIM,AIN,AIR,ALA,AMA,AMI,ANA,ANI,ARM,GAL,GAM,GAN,GAR,GIN,ING,LAG,LAM,LAR,LIG,LIN,MAA,MAG,MAL,MAN,MAR,MIG,MIL,MIR,MNA,NAG,NAM,NIL,NIM,RAG,RAI,RAM,RAN,RIA,RIG,RIM,RIN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AA,AG,AI,AL,AM,AN,AR,GI,IN,LA,LI,MA,MI,NA,

You can make 217 words from marginal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of marginal

marginal

Etymology

Borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/

Adjective

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).
    1. Written in the margin of a book.
    2. (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
  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.
    2. (of land) Barely productive.
    3. (politics, chiefly UK, 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.
  3. (economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • margin
  • marginalia

Translations

Noun

marginal (plural marginals)

  1. Something or somebody that is marginal.
  2. (politics) A constituency won with a small margin.

Translations

Anagrams

  • alarming

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [mər.ʒiˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [maɾ.d͡ʒiˈnal]

Adjective

marginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural marginals)

  1. marginal

Related terms

  • marge

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin marginālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. written in the margin of a book; marginal
  2. (relational) margin, edge; marginal
  3. outside the mainstream; fringe, fringy
  4. of lesser importance; secondary

Derived terms

Noun

marginal m (plural marginaux)

  1. a person that chooses to live on the fringes of society; dropout, misfit

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

marginal (strong nominative masculine singular marginaler, not comparable)

  1. marginal

Declension

Further reading

  • “marginal” in Duden online
  • “marginal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin marginalis.

Adjective

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

  1. marginal

References

  • “marginal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin marginalis.

Adjective

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

  1. marginal

References

  • “marginal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: mar‧gi‧nal

Adjective

marginal m or f (plural marginais)

  1. marginal (of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge)
  2. outlaw, criminal (a person who operates outside established norms)
    Synonyms: delinquente, desviante
  3. (economics) marginal

Derived terms

  • marginalmente

Related terms

  • margem

Noun

marginal f (plural marginais)

  1. a coastal avenue

Noun

marginal m or f by sense (plural marginais)

  1. outlaw, criminal (a person who operates outside established norms)
    Synonym: delinquente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French marginal. By surface analysis, margine +‎ -al.

Adjective

marginal m or n (feminine singular marginală, masculine plural marginali, feminine and neuter plural marginale)

  1. marginal

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɾxiˈnal/ [maɾ.xiˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mar‧gi‧nal

Adjective

marginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural marginales)

  1. marginal

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

marginal c

  1. a margin

Declension

Related terms

  • marginalisera
  • marginell

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