Meaning

1 senses
  1. Outside the mainstream.

    Rand-

    маргинальныйmarginalʹnyj

Examples

25 sentences
  1. I love the fringe on your coat.

    deIch liebe die Fransen an deinem Mantel. — wolfgangth

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  2. Yanni lived on the fringes of society.

    ruЯнни жил на задворках общества. — al42and

  3. The fringe of your dress is beautiful.

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  4. She cut her fringe in a blunt style.

    deSie verpasste sich einen groben Pony. — Yorwba

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  5. The job comes with a lot of fringe benefits.

    deDie Stelle bietet viele Lohnnebenleistungen. — Yorwba

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
outside the mainstream:

Origin

From Middle English frenge, from Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, a metathes

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.

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Forms

more fringe/fringer, most fringe/fringest
Comparativemore fringe / fringer Lesson
Superlativemost fringe / fringest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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