English-Dutch translations for fringe

• franje
• van franjes voorzien
• buitenwijken
• marginaal
  Voor de politici en beleidsmakers in de hoofdsteden zijn ze vaak een marginaal probleem, dat zich aan de randen van hun land, van hun centrum afspeelt. To the politicians in the capital cities, these people are often treated as a marginal issue that takes place at the national fringes, away from the hub.
• met franjes versieren
• omzomen
• periferie
  De Amerikaanse zucht naar wereldwijde dominantie leidt echter ook tot conflicten en spanningen met de heersende klassen in het centrum en de periferie van de wereld. However, America's quest for global supremacy is also giving rise to clashes and tension amongst the ruling classes in countries at both the centre and the fringes of the globe.
• radicalen
• rand
  Aan de rand van Europa en de maatschappij worden de negatieve effecten in sterk verhoogde mate gevoeld. The negative impact is multiplied exponentially on the fringes of Europe and society.
  Het gaat dus niet om kanslozen aan de rand van de maatschappij. These were not people who were denied opportunities by being on the fringes of our society.
  Het probleem van geweld van mannen tegen vrouwen is geen randverschijnsel in de samenleving. The issue of men’s violence against women is not a small issue on the fringe of society.
• zoom

Definition of fringe

• A decorative border
• A marginal or peripheral part
• Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views
• : hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across
• A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light
• Non-mainstream theatre
• The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses
• A daypart that precedes or follows prime time
• Outside the mainstream
• To decorate with fringe

Examples

• the fringe of a picture
• He lives in the fringe of London.
• Her fringe is so long it covers her eyes.
• interference fringe
• The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe

Related words

• infringe
• infringement
• fringes
• infringer
• birefringence
• fringed
• birefringent
• refringence
• refringent