Meanings
plural trademarks · alternative trade mark · alternative trade-mark
- A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.
Antonyms: generic name, description
- Especially, such a term that is registered with a government agency so as to have legal protection against use by other companies.
Antonyms: generic name, description
- Any proprietary business, product or service name.
Trademark Notice / The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies: […] Google is a trademark of Google Corporation; eBay is a trademark of eBay, Inc.
2005, Kai A. Olsen, The Internet, the Web, and eBusiness, page xv - The aspect for which someone or something is best known; a hallmark or typical characteristic.
present singular third person trademarks · participle present trademarking · participle past trademarked · past trademarked · alternative trade mark · alternative trade-mark
- proscribedtransitiveTo so label a product.
alternative trade mark · alternative trade-mark
- informalnot comparableDistinctive, characteristic, signature.
Sutho took a pull at his Johnny Walker and Coke and laughed that trademark laugh of his and said: `Okay. I'll pay that all right.'
1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 2942 more examples
Riise did crash a fantastic, trademark free-kick against the bar from 25 yards but it was the Potters who increasingly posed the greater threat.
2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, in BBC SportThe world’s most powerful man entered with an air of unhurried bonhomie. Dressed in his trademark navy suit and red tie, Trump, 78, appeared a little older than he had some seven months earlier, when he last met with TIME—more subdued, less verbose, the same discursive speech patterns but with the volume turned down.
2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.
nounEspecially, such a term that is registered with a government agency so as to have legal protection against use by other companies.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic عَلَامَة تِجَارِيَّة
- عَلَامَة تِجَارِيَّة (ʕalāma tijāriyya)identification of a company's product
Bengali ট্রেডমার্ক
- ট্রেডমার্ক (ṭreḍomark)identification of a company's product
Bulgarian търго́вска ма́рка
- търго́вска ма́рка (tărgóvska márka)identification of a company's product
Chinese Cantonese 嘜頭 /唛头, 商標 /商标
- 嘜頭 /唛头identification of a company's product
- 商標 /商标 (soeng¹ biu¹)identification of a company's product
Chinese Mandarin 商標 /商标, 牌子
- 商標 /商标 (shāngbiāo)identification of a company's product
- 牌子 (páizi)identification of a company's product
- 品牌 (pǐnpái)identification of a company's product
Czech ochranná známka
- ochranná známkaidentification of a company's product
Danish varemærke
- varemærkeidentification of a company's product
Dutch handelsmerk
- handelsmerkidentification of a company's product
Estonian kaubamärk
- kaubamärkidentification of a company's product
Finnish tavaramerkki, tunnusomainen
- tavaramerkkiidentification of a company's product
- tunnusomainendistinctive, characteristic
French marque commerciale
- marque commercialeidentification of a company's product
German Marke, Warenzeichen
- Markeidentification of a company's product
- Warenzeichenidentification of a company's product
Greek εμπορικό σήμα
- εμπορικό σήμα (emporikó síma)identification of a company's product
Hebrew סִימָן מִסְחָר, סִימָן מִסחָרִי
- סִימָן מִסְחָר (simán miskhár)identification of a company's product
- סִימָן מִסחָרִי (simán miskharí)identification of a company's product
Hindi व्यापारचिन्ह, ट्रेडमार्क
- व्यापारचिन्ह (vyāpārcinha)identification of a company's product
- ट्रेडमार्क (ṭreḍmārk)identification of a company's product
Hungarian védjegy, márkanév
- védjegyidentification of a company's product
- márkanévidentification of a company's product
- jellegzetesdistinctive, characteristic
Icelandic vörumerki
- vörumerkiidentification of a company's product
Indonesian merek dagang
- merek dagangidentification of a company's product
Irish trádmharc
- trádmharcidentification of a company's product
Italian marchio registrato
- marchio registratoidentification of a company's product
Japanese 商標
- 商標 (shōhyō)identification of a company's product
Korean 상표
- 상표 (sangpyo)identification of a company's product
Latvian preču zīme
- preču zīmeidentification of a company's product
Lithuanian prekės ženklas
- prekės ženklasidentification of a company's product
Malay tanda dagang
- tanda dagangidentification of a company's product
Māori mokopakihi
- mokopakihiidentification of a company's product
Norwegian Bokmål varemerke
- varemerkeidentification of a company's product
Polish znak towarowy, zastrzegać
- znak towarowyidentification of a company's product
- zastrzegaćto register something as a trademark
- zastrzecto register something as a trademark
- charakterystycznydistinctive, characteristic
Portuguese marca registrada, marca
- marca registradaidentification of a company's product
- marcaidentification of a company's product
Romanian marcă înregistrată, marcă
- marcă înregistratăidentification of a company's product
- marcăidentification of a company's product
Russian това́рный знак, торго́вая ма́рка
- това́рный знак (továrnyj znak)identification of a company's product
- торго́вая ма́рка (torgóvaja márka)identification of a company's product
- това́рная ма́рка (továrnaja márka)identification of a company's product
Slovak ochranná známka
- ochranná známkaidentification of a company's product
Spanish marca registrada, marca
- marca registradaidentification of a company's product
- marcaidentification of a company's product
- marca de la casadistinctive, characteristic
- consabidodistinctive, characteristic
Swedish varumärke
- varumärkeidentification of a company's product
Tagalog tatak-kalakal
- tatak-kalakalidentification of a company's product
Thai เครื่องหมายการค้า, ที่เป็นเอกลักษณ์
- เครื่องหมายการค้า (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-gaan-káa)identification of a company's product
- ที่เป็นเอกลักษณ์ (tîi-bpen-èek-gà-lák)distinctive, characteristic
Turkish tescilli marka, alametifarika
- tescilli markaidentification of a company's product
- alametifarikaidentification of a company's product
Ukrainian това́рний знак, торго́ва ма́рка
- това́рний знак (továrnyj znak)identification of a company's product
- торго́ва ма́рка (torhóva márka)identification of a company's product
- торгове́льна ма́рка (torhovélʹna márka)identification of a company's product
Urdu نِشانِ تِجارَت, تِجارَتی مارْکَہ
- نِشانِ تِجارَت (niśān-i tijārat)identification of a company's product
- تِجارَتی مارْکَہ (tijāratī mārka)identification of a company's product
- ٹْریڈ مارْک (ṭreḍ mārk)identification of a company's product
Vietnamese thương hiệu
- thương hiệuidentification of a company's product
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trademark
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trademark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trademark
“trademark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trademark. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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