marginal
French, noun/maʁ.ʒi.nal/
marginal is spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marginal is a French masculine noun meaning “dropout, misfit (person that chooses to live on the fringes of society)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui vit en marge de la société”.
What does marginal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
marginal (written in the margin of a book)
- 2
margin, edge, marginal
coût marginal
- 3
fringe, fringy (outside the mainstream)
- 4
secondary (of lesser importance)
noun
- 1
masculinedropout, misfit (person that chooses to live on the fringes of society)
Near-synonyms: reclus, asocial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est situé dans la marge d’un texte. 2. Qui est à l’écart de la société, de l’opinion commune. 3. D’une faible quantité, très minoritaire. 4. Relatif à la marge anale.
noun: 1. Personne qui vit en marge de la société. 2. Ce qui est mis en marge, manchette.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of marginal
- marginale feminine
- marginaux masculine plural
- marginales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marginal?
- /maʁ.ʒi.nal/
- \maʁ.ʒi.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marginal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marginal in French?
marginal appears 2.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).