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UK/ˈbʊkmɑːk/US/ˈbʊkmɑːɹk/British, Southern, Standard/ˈbɵkmɑːk//ˈbuːkmɑːk/

noun

A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.

“He placed a bookmark on page 234, which had an interesting footnote from the author.”

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OriginMiddle English *boke-merk →
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Meanings

nounbookmark (plural bookmarks)

plural bookmarks

  1. A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.

    He placed a bookmark on page 234, which had an interesting footnote from the author.

    Synonyms: bookmarker

  2. computingA record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.

    Synonyms: favourites

  3. computingA pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
verbbookmark (third-person singular simple present bookmarks, present participle bookmarking, simple past and past participle bookmarked)

present singular third person bookmarks · participle present bookmarking · participle past bookmarked · past bookmarked

  1. transitivecomputingTo create a bookmark.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA strip of material used to mark a place in a book.

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bookmarker

nounA record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle English*boke-merk
  2. Englishbookmark

From Middle English *boke-merk, *boke-merke (attested only in the bare form merk (“bookmark”)), equivalent to book + mark. Cognate with Danish bogmærke (“bookmark”), Swedish bokmärke (“bookmark”), Norwegian bokmerke (“bookmark”), Icelandic bókamerki (“bookmark”). Eclipsed non-native Old English æstel (“bookmark”), from Old Irish astal, from Latin hastula (“little spear, splint”).

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Translations

Catalan punt de llibre, adreça d'interès
  • punt de llibrestrip used to mark a place in a book
  • adreça d'interèsrecord of the address of a file or page
Chinese Mandarin 書籤 /书签, 書籤 /书签
  • 書籤 /书签 (shūqiān)strip used to mark a place in a book
  • 書籤 /书签 (shūqiān)record of the address of a file or page
Czech záložka, záložka
  • záložkastrip used to mark a place in a book
  • záložkarecord of the address of a file or page
Danish bogmærke, bogmærke
  • bogmærkestrip used to mark a place in a book
  • bogmærkerecord of the address of a file or page
Dutch bladwijzer, bladwijzer
  • bladwijzerstrip used to mark a place in a book
  • bladwijzerrecord of the address of a file or page
Esperanto legosigno, legosigno
  • legosignostrip used to mark a place in a book
  • legosignorecord of the address of a file or page
Estonian järjehoidja, järjehoidja
  • järjehoidjastrip used to mark a place in a book
  • järjehoidjarecord of the address of a file or page
Finnish kirjanmerkki, kirjanmerkki
  • kirjanmerkkistrip used to mark a place in a book
  • kirjanmerkkirecord of the address of a file or page
French marque-page, signet
  • marque-pagestrip used to mark a place in a book
  • signetstrip used to mark a place in a book
  • favorirecord of the address of a file or page
  • marque-pagerecord of the address of a file or page
  • signetrecord of the address of a file or page
German Lesezeichen, Lesezeichen
  • Lesezeichenstrip used to mark a place in a book
  • Lesezeichenrecord of the address of a file or page
  • Bookmarkrecord of the address of a file or page
Greek σελιδοδείκτης, σελιδοδείκτης
  • σελιδοδείκτης (selidodeíktis)strip used to mark a place in a book
  • σελιδοδείκτης (selidodeíktis)record of the address of a file or page
Hebrew סִימָנִיָּה
  • סִימָנִיָּה (simaniyá)strip used to mark a place in a book
Hungarian könyvjelző, könyvjelző
  • könyvjelzőstrip used to mark a place in a book
  • könyvjelzőrecord of the address of a file or page
Icelandic bókamerki
  • bókamerkistrip used to mark a place in a book
Irish leabharmharc
  • leabharmharcstrip used to mark a place in a book
Italian segnalibro
  • segnalibrostrip used to mark a place in a book
Japanese 栞, ブックマーク
  • 栞 (shiori)strip used to mark a place in a book
  • ブックマーク (bukkumāku)record of the address of a file or page
  • ブクマ (bukuma)record of the address of a file or page
  • お気に入り (okiniiri)record of the address of a file or page
Korean 책갈피, 서표
  • 책갈피 (chaekgalpi)strip used to mark a place in a book
  • 서표 (seopyo)strip used to mark a place in a book
  • 북마크 (bungmakeu)record of the address of a file or page
  • 즐겨찾기 (jeulgyeochatgi)record of the address of a file or page
Lithuanian skirtukas
  • skirtukasstrip used to mark a place in a book
Malay penanda buku
  • penanda bukustrip used to mark a place in a book
Māori tāhei, tohuwāhi
  • tāheistrip used to mark a place in a book
  • tohuwāhirecord of the address of a file or page
Norwegian Bokmål bokmerke, bokmerke
  • bokmerkestrip used to mark a place in a book
  • bokmerkerecord of the address of a file or page
Polish zakładka, zakładka
  • zakładkastrip used to mark a place in a book
  • zakładkarecord of the address of a file or page
Portuguese marcador, marca-livro
  • marcadorstrip used to mark a place in a book
  • marca-livrostrip used to mark a place in a book
  • marcador de páginasstrip used to mark a place in a book
  • marca-páginastrip used to mark a place in a book
  • favoritorecord of the address of a file or page
  • marcadorrecord of the address of a file or page
Romanian semn de carte
  • semn de cartestrip used to mark a place in a book
Russian закла́дка, ляссе́
  • закла́дка (zakládka)strip used to mark a place in a book
  • ляссе́ (ljassɛ́)strip used to mark a place in a book
  • закла́дка (zakládka)record of the address of a file or page
  • и́збранное (ízbrannoje)record of the address of a file or page
  • бу́кмарк (búkmark)record of the address of a file or page
  • букма́рк (bukmárk)record of the address of a file or page
Spanish separador, punto de libro
  • separadorstrip used to mark a place in a book
  • punto de librostrip used to mark a place in a book
  • marcapáginasstrip used to mark a place in a book
  • señaladorstrip used to mark a place in a book
  • marcadorrecord of the address of a file or page
  • favoritorecord of the address of a file or page
Swedish bokmärke
  • bokmärkestrip used to mark a place in a book
Thai ที่คั่นหนังสือ
  • ที่คั่นหนังสือ (tîi-kân-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ)strip used to mark a place in a book
Turkish kitap ayracı
  • kitap ayracıstrip used to mark a place in a book
Ukrainian закла́дка
  • закла́дка (zakládka)strip used to mark a place in a book
Vietnamese thẻ đánh dấu, dấu trang
  • thẻ đánh dấustrip used to mark a place in a book
  • dấu trangrecord of the address of a file or page
Welsh llyfrnod
  • llyfrnodstrip used to mark a place in a book
Yiddish טײַטל
  • טײַטל (taytl)strip used to mark a place in a book
Cite this entry
APA

bookmark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookmark

MLA

“bookmark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookmark. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookmark,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookmark.

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