Le mot anglais avancé du jour

Définitions

anglais > français
fringe
1. adj. À la frange, en marge.
2. n. Bord, lisière.
3. n. Frange.
4. v. Décorer d'une bordure.
anglais > anglais
fringe
1. n. A decorative border.
the fringe of a picture
2. n. A marginal or peripheral part.
3. n. Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
4. n. The periphery of a town or city.
He lives in the fringe of London.
5. n. That part of the hair that hangs down above the eyes; bangs.
Her fringe is so long it covers her eyes.
6. n. (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
interference fringe
7. n. Non-mainstream theatre.
The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe
8. n. (botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
9. n. (golf) The area around the green
10. adj. Outside the mainstream.
11. v. To decorate with fringe.
12. v. To serve as a fringe.

Prononciation

Exemples de phrases

You can sense that mood in the hall and on the fringe.  Beside me at my first fair was a small, bespectacled woman with a vintage bowling shirt, a black fringe cut high on her forehead and a shyness that almost glazed the air around her.  Instead, it has negligently allowed the discussion to be hijacked by the often racist elements which inevitably hover around the nationalist fringe.  It is vital for our culture that we stop conforming to the prescriptions of a single centre, and that creative works should start flowing from the countries on the fringe, such as Finland and Brazil.

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