Meanings
nounwatermark (plural watermarks)
plural watermarks
- A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.
- broadlyA logo superimposed on a digital image, a television broadcast, etc.
- computingA default hint caption displayed in a text box prior to the user inputting any text.
- A mark indicating the level to which water has risen.
Synonyms: waterline
verbwatermark (third-person singular simple present watermarks, present participle watermarking, simple past and past participle watermarked)
present singular third person watermarks · participle present watermarking · participle past watermarked · past watermarked
- transitiveTo mark paper with a watermark.
- transitiveTo mark a datafile with a digital watermark.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA mark indicating the level to which water has risen.
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian воден знак
- воден знак (voden znak)translucent design impressed on paper
Catalan filigrana, marca d'aigua
- filigranatranslucent design impressed on paper
- marca d'aiguatranslucent design impressed on paper
Chinese Mandarin 水印
- 水印 (shuǐyìn)translucent design impressed on paper
Czech vodotisk, vodoznak
- vodotisktranslucent design impressed on paper
- vodoznaktranslucent design impressed on paper
- průsvitkatranslucent design impressed on paper
- filigrántranslucent design impressed on paper
Danish vandmærke
- vandmærketranslucent design impressed on paper
Dutch watermerk
- watermerktranslucent design impressed on paper
Finnish vesileima, vesileimata
- vesileimatranslucent design impressed on paper
- vesileimatato mark paper with a watermark
- vesileimatato mark a datafile with a digital watermark
French filigrane, filigraner
- filigranetranslucent design impressed on paper
- filigranerto mark paper with a watermark
German Wasserzeichen, mit Wasserzeichen versehen
- Wasserzeichentranslucent design impressed on paper
- mit Wasserzeichen versehento mark paper with a watermark
Greek υδατόσημο, υδατογράφημα
- υδατόσημο (ydatósimo)translucent design impressed on paper
- υδατογράφημα (ydatográfima)translucent design impressed on paper
- υδατοσημαίνω (ydatosimaíno)to mark paper with a watermark
Hungarian vízjel
- vízjeltranslucent design impressed on paper
Indonesian cap kertas
- cap kertastranslucent design impressed on paper
Italian filigrana
- filigranatranslucent design impressed on paper
Japanese 透かし, 水位標
- 透かし (sukashi)translucent design impressed on paper
- 水位標 (suīhyō)translucent design impressed on paper
Korean 워터마크, 수위표
- 워터마크 (woteomakeu)translucent design impressed on paper
- 수위표 (suwipyo)translucent design impressed on paper
Latvian ūdenszīme
- ūdenszīmetranslucent design impressed on paper
Malay tera air
- tera airtranslucent design impressed on paper
Norwegian Bokmål vannmerke, vassmerke
- vannmerketranslucent design impressed on paper
- vassmerketranslucent design impressed on paper
Polish znak wodny
- znak wodnytranslucent design impressed on paper
Portuguese marca d’água, marca de água
- marca d’águatranslucent design impressed on paper
- marca de águatranslucent design impressed on paper
Russian водяно́й знак
- водяно́й знак (vodjanój znak)translucent design impressed on paper
Slovak vodotlač
- vodotlačtranslucent design impressed on paper
Spanish marca de agua, filigrana
- marca de aguatranslucent design impressed on paper
- filigranatranslucent design impressed on paper
- marca ácueatranslucent design impressed on paper
- marca acuosatranslucent design impressed on paper
- marca aguosatranslucent design impressed on paper
- marca hídricatranslucent design impressed on paper
Swedish vattenstämpel, vattenmärke
- vattenstämpeltranslucent design impressed on paper
- vattenmärketranslucent design impressed on paper
Tagalog piligrana
- piligranatranslucent design impressed on paper
Thai ลายน้ำ
- ลายน้ำ (laai-náam)translucent design impressed on paper
Turkish filigran
- filigrantranslucent design impressed on paper
Ukrainian водяни́й знак
- водяни́й знак (vodjanýj znak)translucent design impressed on paper
Cite this entry
APA
watermark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watermark
MLA
“watermark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watermark. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watermark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watermark.
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