product placement

noun

A form of advertising where a brand or product is incorporated into non-advertising media such as films.

Meanings

nounproduct placement (countable and uncountable, plural product placements)

plural product placements

  1. countableuncountablebusinessA form of advertising where a brand or product is incorporated into non-advertising media such as films.

    I took my qualms to Reddit: had the show really become sponcon slop? I was not alone in this assessment. “The number of product placements this season is hilarious to the point that it’s basically a giant infomercial,” one user posted.

    2025 October 29, Alaina Demopoulos, “What’s with the sponcon slop in Nobody Wants This? Netflix, nobody wants this”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Bulgarian продуктово позициониране
  • продуктово позициониране (produktovo pozicionirane)a form of advertising
Catalan emplaçament de producte
  • emplaçament de productea form of advertising
Chinese Mandarin 植入式廣告 /植入式广告, 置入性行銷 /置入性行销
  • 植入式廣告 /植入式广告 (zhírùshì guǎnggào)a form of advertising
  • 置入性行銷 /置入性行销 (zhìrùxìng xíngxiāo)a form of advertising
Dutch sluikreclame
  • sluikreclamea form of advertising
Finnish tuotesijoittelu
  • tuotesijoittelua form of advertising
French placement de produit
  • placement de produita form of advertising
German Product-Placement, Produktplatzierung
  • Product-Placementa form of advertising
  • Produktplatzierunga form of advertising
  • Schleichwerbunga form of advertising
Hungarian termékelhelyezés
  • termékelhelyezésa form of advertising
Italian pubblicità indiretta
  • pubblicità indirettaa form of advertising
Japanese プロダクトプレイスメント
  • プロダクトプレイスメント (purodakutopureisumento)a form of advertising
Korean 제품 간접 광고
  • 제품 간접 광고 (jepum ganjeop gwanggo)a form of advertising
Malay penampakan produk
  • penampakan produka form of advertising
Norwegian produktplassering
  • produktplasseringa form of advertising
Polish lokowanie produktu
  • lokowanie produktua form of advertising
Portuguese publicidade indireta, marketing indireto
  • publicidade indiretaa form of advertising
  • marketing indiretoa form of advertising
Romanian plasare de produse
  • plasare de produsea form of advertising
Russian про́дакт-пле́йсмент
  • про́дакт-пле́йсмент (pródakt-plɛ́jsmɛnt)a form of advertising
Spanish emplazamiento de producto, publicidad por emplazamiento
  • emplazamiento de productoa form of advertising
  • publicidad por emplazamientoa form of advertising
Swedish produktplacering
  • produktplaceringa form of advertising
Thai การวางผลิตภัณฑ์ประกอบฉาก
  • การวางผลิตภัณฑ์ประกอบฉาก (gaan waang pà-lìt-dtà-pan bprà-gòp chàak)a form of advertising
Turkish ürün yerleştirmesi
  • ürün yerleştirmesia form of advertising
Ukrainian про́дакт-пле́йсмент
  • про́дакт-пле́йсмент (pródakt-pléjsment)a form of advertising
Cite this entry
APA

product placement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/product%20placement

MLA

“product placement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/product%20placement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “product placement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/product%20placement.

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