trademark

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trademark

  • /ˈtɹeɪdmɑːk/ UK
  • /ˈtɹeɪdmɑɹk/ Canada, US
  • /ˈtɹæɪdmɐːk/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -eɪdmɑː(ɹ)k

Where it comes from

From trade + mark.

noun trademarks · trade mark · trade-mark

  1. A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.

    Opposite: generic name, description

  2. Especially, such a term that is registered with a government agency so as to have legal protection against use by other companies.

    Opposite: generic name, description

  3. 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.
  4. The aspect for which someone or something is best known; a hallmark or typical characteristic.

verb trademarks · trademarking · trademarked · trade mark · trade-mark

  1. proscribed, transitive To register something as a trademark.
  2. proscribed, transitive To so label a product.

adjective trade mark · trade-mark

  1. informal, not comparable Distinctive, 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.'

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hallmark, earmark, stylemark, logo, ctm, registration, markup, trade, emblem, label, sign, token, make, signboard, property, marking

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noun identification of a company's product

Españolmarca registrada, marca
한국어상표 sangpyo
日本語商標 shōhyō
中文商標 /商标 shāngbiāo, 牌子 páizi, 品牌 pǐnpái
हिन्दीव्यापारचिन्ह vyāpārcinha, ट्रेडमार्क ṭreḍmārk
Portuguêsmarca registrada, marca
Françaismarque commerciale
DeutschMarke, Warenzeichen
Italianomarchio registrato
Ελληνικάεμπορικό σήμα emporikó síma
Românămarcă înregistrată, marcă
Русскийтова́рный знак továrnyj znak, торго́вая ма́рка torgóvaja márka, това́рная ма́рка továrnaja márka
Tiếng Việtthương hiệu
العربيةعَلَامَة تِجَارِيَّة ʕalāma tijāriyya
עבריתסִימָן מִסְחָר simán miskhár, סִימָן מִסחָרִי simán miskharí

adj distinctive, characteristic

Españolmarca de la casa, consabido

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@misc{trademark_2026,
  title = {trademark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trademark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}