proprietary eponym

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proprietary eponym

noun proprietary eponyms

A successful brand name or trademark that has come into general use to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type, usually without the exclusive rights to said product being lost by the parent company.
Similar: genericized trademark

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noun brand name that has come into general use

中文	通用商標 /通用商标 tōngyòng shāngbiāo
Français	nom de marque lexicalisé, nom de marque générique

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@misc{proprietary_eponym_2026,
  title = {proprietary eponym},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/proprietary%20eponym},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}