fringe

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /fɹɪnd͡ʒ/
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• rhymes with -ɪndʒ
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• CMU ARPABET: F R IH1 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

196 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: маргинален (marginalen) — outside the mainstream
• Catalan: marginal — outside the mainstream
• Chinese Mandarin: 非主流的 (fēizhǔliú de) — outside the mainstream
• Czech: okrajový — outside the mainstream
• Dutch: marginaal — outside the mainstream
• Finnish: raja- — outside the mainstream
• Finnish: marginaali- — outside the mainstream
• French: marginal — outside the mainstream
• German: Rand- — outside the mainstream
• Italian: marginale — outside the mainstream
• Italian: di nicchia — outside the mainstream
• Italian: secondario — outside the mainstream
• Portuguese: marginal — outside the mainstream
• Russian: маргинальный (marginalʹnyj) — outside the mainstream
• Serbo-Croatian: marginalan — outside the mainstream
• Serbo-Croatian: rubni — outside the mainstream
• Spanish: marginal — outside the mainstream
• Spanish: a contracorriente — outside the mainstream
• Swedish: marginal- — outside the mainstream
• Swedish: avantgarde- — outside the mainstream
• Swedish: rand- — outside the mainstream
• Swedish: alternativ- — outside the mainstream
• Arabic: هُدْب (hudb) — decorative border
• Arabic: هُدُب (hudub) — decorative border
• Azerbaijani: saçaq — decorative border
• Bulgarian: бордюр (bordjur) — decorative border
• Catalan: orla — decorative border
• Chinese Mandarin: 流苏 (liúsū) — decorative border
• Chinese Mandarin: 穗 (suì) — decorative border
• Czech: třáseň — decorative border
• Czech: třepení — decorative border
• Danish: frynse — decorative border
• Dutch: franje — decorative border
• Egyptian: s-d-b-S28 (sdb) — decorative border
• Esperanto: franĝo — decorative border
• Finnish: reunakoriste — decorative border
• French: frange — decorative border
• German: Franse — decorative border
• German: Saum — decorative border
• German: Einfassung — decorative border
• Ancient Greek: κράσπεδον (kráspedon) — decorative border
• Hungarian: rojt — decorative border
• Icelandic: kögur — decorative border
• Ingrian: marha — decorative border
• Italian: frangia — decorative border
• Kabuverdianu: bóka — decorative border
• Latin: limbus — decorative border
• Māori: kihukihu — decorative border
• Māori: kurupatu — decorative border
• Middle English: frenge — decorative border
• Norwegian: frynse — decorative border
• Occitan: franja — decorative border
• Old English: fæs — decorative border
• Old English: fnæs — decorative border
• Old English: fnæd — decorative border
• Polish: frędzel — decorative border
• Portuguese: borda — decorative border
• Portuguese: franja — decorative border
• Portuguese: orla — decorative border
• Russian: бахрома́ (baxromá) — decorative border
• Russian: кайма́ (kajmá) — decorative border
• Russian: оторо́чка (otoróčka) — decorative border
• Russian: окаймление (okajmlenije) — decorative border
• Sanskrit: दशा (daśā) — decorative border
• Serbo-Croatian: resa — decorative border
• Serbo-Croatian: rojta — decorative border
• Serbo-Croatian: kićanka — decorative border
• Sicilian: zazza — decorative border
• Slovak: strapce — decorative border
• Spanish: orla — decorative border
• Swedish: frans — decorative border
• Ottoman Turkish: صاچاق (saçak) — decorative border
• Bulgarian: край (kraj) — peripheral part
• Bulgarian: ръб (rǎb) — peripheral part
• Catalan: perifèria — peripheral part
• Danish: periferi — peripheral part
• Danish: yderkant — peripheral part
• Danish: rand — peripheral part
• Dutch: rand — peripheral part
• Finnish: reuna — peripheral part
• Finnish: reuna-alue — peripheral part
• French: périphérie — peripheral part
• German: Rand — peripheral part
• German: Peripherie — peripheral part
• Irish: ciumhais — peripheral part
• Italian: periferia — peripheral part
• Māori: kawekawe — peripheral part
• Norwegian Bokmål: ytterkant — peripheral part
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ytterkant — peripheral part
• Occitan: periferia — peripheral part
• Portuguese: periferia — peripheral part
• Russian: перифе́рия (periférija) — peripheral part
• Russian: край (kraj) — peripheral part
• Scottish Gaelic: iomall — peripheral part
• Scottish Gaelic: oir — peripheral part
• Serbo-Croatian: periferija — peripheral part
• Swedish: periferi — peripheral part
• Swedish: utkant — peripheral part
• Swedish: gränstrakt — peripheral part
• Swedish: rand — peripheral part
• Swedish: ytterområde — peripheral part
• Tagalog: palawingwing — peripheral part
• Bulgarian: маргинали (marginali) — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Catalan: radical — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Dutch: radicalen — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Esperanto: marĝeno — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Esperanto: marĝenularo — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Finnish: siipi — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• French: radicaux — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• German: Randgruppe — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• German: Rand- — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Italian: radicale — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Occitan: franja — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Portuguese: radical — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Portuguese: extremista — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Spanish: extremista — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Spanish: radical — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Turkish: aşırı — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Zazaki: ziyed — members of a social group holding unorthodox views
• Bulgarian: покрайнини (pokrajnini) — the periphery of a city
• Catalan: perifèria — the periphery of a city
• Chinese Mandarin: 周边 (zhōu biān) — the periphery of a city
• Chinese Mandarin: 边缘 (biān yuán) — the periphery of a city
• Dutch: periferie — the periphery of a city
• Dutch: buitenwijken — the periphery of a city
• Finnish: laitakaupunki — the periphery of a city
• Finnish: laitama — the periphery of a city
• French: périphérie — the periphery of a city
• German: Randbezirk — the periphery of a city
• German: Randgebiet — the periphery of a city
• German: Peripherie — the periphery of a city
• Irish: colbha cathrach — the periphery of a city
• Italian: periferia — the periphery of a city
• Occitan: periferia — the periphery of a city
• Occitan: franja — the periphery of a city
• Occitan: barri — the periphery of a city
• Polish: ubocze — the periphery of a city
• Portuguese: periferia — the periphery of a city
• Russian: перифери́я (periferíja) — the periphery of a city
• Russian: окра́ина (okráina) — the periphery of a city
• Scottish Gaelic: iomall — the periphery of a city
• Spanish: periferia — the periphery of a city
• Swedish: utkant — the periphery of a city
• Swedish: ytterområde — the periphery of a city
• Azerbaijani: birçək — hanging hair over the forehead
• Bulgarian: бретон (breton) — hanging hair over the forehead
• Chinese Mandarin: 劉海 /刘海 (liúhǎi) — hanging hair over the forehead
• Czech: ofina — hanging hair over the forehead
• German: Pony — hanging hair over the forehead
• German: Stirnfranse — hanging hair over the forehead
• Hungarian: frufru — hanging hair over the forehead
• Irish: glib — hanging hair over the forehead
• Māori: kihukihu — hanging hair over the forehead
• Polish: grzywka — hanging hair over the forehead
• Portuguese: franja — hanging hair over the forehead
• Spanish: flequillo — hanging hair over the forehead
• Swedish: lugg — hanging hair over the forehead
• Turkish: kâkül — hanging hair over the forehead
• Turkish: perçem — hanging hair over the forehead
• Bulgarian: дифракционна ивица (difrakcionna ivica) — light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light
• Dutch: franje — light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light
• Finnish: raita — light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light
• French: frange (d'interférence) — light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light
• Italian: frangia — light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light
• Occitan: franja — light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light
• Russian: полоса́ (polosá) — light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light
• Serbo-Croatian: difrakcioni red — light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light
• Finnish: vaihtoehtoteatteri — non-mainstream theatre
• French: théâtre alternatif — non-mainstream theatre
• French: théâtre d'avant-garde — non-mainstream theatre
• Italian: teatro m di nicchia — non-mainstream theatre
• Occitan: teatre experimental — non-mainstream theatre
• Scottish Gaelic: iomall — non-mainstream theatre
• Swedish: experimentell teater — non-mainstream theatre
• Swedish: avantgardeteater — non-mainstream theatre
• Bulgarian: поръбвам (porǎbvam) — to decorate with fringe
• Dutch: omzomen — to decorate with fringe
• Dutch: met franjes versieren — to decorate with fringe
• Dutch: van franjes voorzien — to decorate with fringe
• Finnish: hapsuttaa — to decorate with fringe
• French: franger — to decorate with fringe
• Italian: decorare con una frangia — to decorate with fringe
• Italian: decorare con frange — to decorate with fringe
• Russian: окантовать (okantovatʹ) — to decorate with fringe
• Russian: окантовывать (okantovyvatʹ) — to decorate with fringe
• Russian: отделать (otdelatʹ) — to decorate with fringe
• Russian: отделывать (otdelyvatʹ) — to decorate with fringe
• Serbo-Croatian: ukrasiti resama — to decorate with fringe
• Serbo-Croatian: uresiti — to decorate with fringe
• Spanish: orlar — to decorate with fringe
• Dutch: van franjes voorzien — to serve as a fringe
• Finnish: reunustaa — to serve as a fringe
• Italian: fungere da frangia — to serve as a fringe
• Russian: окаймлять (okajmljatʹ) — to serve as a fringe
• Russian: окантовывать (okantovyvatʹ) — to serve as a fringe
• Russian: обрамлять (obramljatʹ) — to serve as a fringe