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{{also|Marge|margé}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/mɑɹd͡ʒ/|a=GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/mɑːd͡ʒ/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marge.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɑː(ɹ)dʒ|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{uder|en|fr|marge}}, from {{uder|en|la|margo}}, of {{uder|en|gem|-}} origin. {{doublet|en|margin|margo}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|archaic}} [[margin|Margin]]; [[edge]]; [[brink]] or [[verge]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Tempest|4|1|text={{...}} And thy sea-'''marge''', sterile and rocky-hard,<br>Where thou thyself dost air [...]}}
#* {{RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam|XLV|68|So be it: there no shade can last<br>⁠In that deep dawn behind the tomb,<br>⁠But clear from '''marge''' to '''marge''' shall bloom<br>The eternal landscape of the past;<br>A lifelong tract of time reveal’d; {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1874|author=[[w:James Thomson (B.V.)|James Thomson]]|title=[[:w:City of Dreadful Night|The City of Dreadful Night]]
|passage=the long curved crest<br>Which swells out two leagues from the river '''marge'''.}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1907
|title={{wsource|The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses}}
|author=Robert W. Service
|chapter={{wsource|The Cremation of Sam McGee}}
|passage=Till I came to the '''marge''' of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; / It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May". / And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum; / Then "Here", said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."}}

===Etymology 2===
{{clipping|en|margarine}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|marg}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-|s}}

# {{lb|en|informal|UK|Ireland|NZ|AU|Canada}} [[margarine|Margarine]].
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1958|year_published=1972|author=w:Anthony Burgess|title=The Enemy in the Blanket|series=The Malayan Trilogy|page=246|passage=Or probably all meals coalesced with him in an orgy of thick bread-and-'''marge''' and an array of sauce-bottles.}}

===Etymology 3===
{{rfe|en}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|MLE}} [[mother|Mother]].
#: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:mother}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=2015|author=w:Stormzy|artist=Stormzy|title={{w|Shut Up (Stormzy song)|Shut Up}}|album=w:Gang Signs & Prayer|track=15|passage=Had four bills and I bought me a car / Little red whip that I bought for my '''marge'''}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2018|author=w:Guy Gunaratne|title=In Our Mad and Furious City|location=London|publisher=w:Tinder Press|isbn=9781472250216|page={{gbooks|fs4jDwAAQBAJ|pgT=18|altpg=unknown|q=marge}}|passage=I think about my family too. My dad and his failing heart. My '''marge''' and her church. I think about what they'll do once I'm gone. Think about the way out, the blue space above.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aegmr|Mager|e-gram|gamer|grame|magre|regma}}

{{C|en|Female family members}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ca|roa-oca|margen}}, from {{inh|ca|la|margō|marginem}} (compare {{cog|oc|marge}}, {{cog|fr|marge}}, {{cog|pt|margem}}), from {{der|ca|ine-pro|*merǵ-}}, {{m|fro|marǵ-}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|m|+|pl2=#ns}}

# [[margin]], [[edge]], [[border]]
# a [[riverbank]], especially when lined with trees; a [[border]] planting
# {{lb|ca|economics}} [[margin]]

====Derived terms====
{{der3|ca|al marge|fenàs de marge|marge de benefici|marge d'error|marge de confiança}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ca|marginal}}
* {{l|ca|marginar}}

===References===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

==Dutch==
{{wikipedia|marge (typografie)|lang=nl}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|nl|dum|marge}}, {{m|dum|maerge}}, from {{der|nl|fro|marge}}, from {{der|nl|la|margō}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-marge.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|f|g2=m|-s|+}}

# [[margin]]
#: {{syn|nl|kantlijn}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|zekerheidsmarge}}
* {{l|nl|onzekerheidsmarge}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nl|marginaal}} 

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|mager}}

{{C|nl|Typography}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|fro|-}}, from {{inh|fr|la|margō|marginem}}, from {{der|fr|ine-pro|*merǵ-}}, {{m|fro|marǵ-}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-marge.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|f}}

# [[margin]] (''of paper, etc'')
# {{lb|fr|economics|business}} [[markup]] {{gloss|percentage or amount added to buy-in price}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|en marge de}}
* {{l|fr|marge de manœuvre}}
* {{l|fr|marger}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|cs|marže|bor=1}}
* {{desc|de|Marge|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pl|marża|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ru|маржа|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|germa}}