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bookmark
- /ˈbʊkmɑːk/ UK
- /ˈbʊkmɑːɹk/ US
- /ˈbɵkmɑːk/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈbuːkmɑːk/
- /ˈbʉkmaɾk/ Scotland
- /ˈbʉkmaɹk/ Northern Ireland
Where it comes from
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”).
noun bookmarks
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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.
Similar: bookmarker
-
A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
Similar: favourites
- A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
verb bookmarks · bookmarking · bookmarked
- To create a bookmark.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bookmarker, marking, caller, dialing, dialer, maker, add, marker, make, mark, dial, flags, flag, holder, signet, thumbnail
Translations
Every language
noun strip used to mark a place in a book
| Español | separador, punto de libro, marcapáginas, señalador |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 책갈피 chaekgalpi, 서표 seopyo |
| 日本語 | 栞 shiori |
| 中文 | 書籤 /书签 shūqiān |
| Português | marcador, marca-livro, marcador de páginas, marca-página |
| Français | marque-page, signet |
| Deutsch | Lesezeichen |
| Italiano | segnalibro |
| Ελληνικά | σελιδοδείκτης selidodeíktis |
| Română | semn de carte |
| Русский | закла́дка zakládka, ляссе́ ljassɛ́ |
| Tiếng Việt | thẻ đánh dấu |
| עברית | סִימָנִיָּה simaniyá |
noun record of the address of a file or page
| Español | marcador, favorito |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 북마크 bungmakeu, 즐겨찾기 jeulgyeochatgi |
| 日本語 | ブックマーク bukkumāku, ブクマ bukuma, お気に入り okiniiri |
| 中文 | 書籤 /书签 shūqiān |
| Português | favorito, marcador |
| Français | favori, marque-page, signet |
| Deutsch | Lesezeichen, Bookmark |
| Ελληνικά | σελιδοδείκτης selidodeíktis |
| Русский | закла́дка zakládka, и́збранное ízbrannoje, бу́кмарк búkmark, букма́рк bukmárk |
| Tiếng Việt | dấu trang |
Talk about this word "bookmark." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bookmark. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bookmark. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bookmark "bookmark." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bookmark.Cite this
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title = {bookmark},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bookmark},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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