Standard Lemma guide

trademark

adj · noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪdmɑːk/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈtɹeɪdmɑɹk/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Colorado Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈtɹæɪdmɐːk/
  • rhymes with -eɪdmɑː(ɹ)k
  • CMU ARPABET: T R EY1 D M AA2 R K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Distinctive, characteristic, signature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: generic name, description

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: generic name, description

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any proprietary business, product or service name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To register something as a trademark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: proscribed, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To so label a product.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: proscribed, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a distinctive characteristic or attribute

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hallmark, earmark, stylemark

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: characteristic

Narrower terms: mold, mould

9

noun

Meaning 9

a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marker, marking, mark

Narrower terms: Sharpie, logo, logotype

10

verb

Meaning 10

register the trademark of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The company trademarked their new gadget

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: file, register

11

verb

Meaning 11

mark with a brand or trademark

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brand, brandmark

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tag, label, mark

History

Etymology

From trade + mark.

Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: tunnusomainen — distinctive, characteristic
  • Hungarian: jellegzetes — distinctive, characteristic
  • Polish: charakterystyczny — distinctive, characteristic
  • Spanish: marca de la casa — distinctive, characteristic
  • Spanish: consabido — distinctive, characteristic
  • Thai: ที่เป็นเอกลักษณ์ (tîi-bpen-èek-gà-lák) — distinctive, characteristic
  • Albanian: markë tregtare — identification of a company's product
  • Arabic: عَلَامَة تِجَارِيَّة (ʕalāma tijāriyya) — identification of a company's product
  • Armenian: ապրանքային նշան (aprankʻayin nšan) — identification of a company's product
  • Azerbaijani: əmtəə nişanı — identification of a company's product
  • Azerbaijani: ticarət nişanı — identification of a company's product
  • Belarusian: тава́рны знак (tavárny znak) — identification of a company's product
  • Belarusian: гандлёвая ма́рка (handljóvaja márka) — identification of a company's product
  • Bengali: ট্রেডমার্ক (ṭreḍomark) — identification of a company's product
  • Bulgarian: търго́вска ма́рка (tǎrgóvska márka) — identification of a company's product
  • Burmese: ကုန်အမှတ်တံဆိပ် (kun-a.hmattamhcip) — identification of a company's product
  • Chinese Cantonese: 嘜頭 /唛头 — identification of a company's product
  • Chinese Cantonese: 商標 /商标 (soeng1 biu1) — identification of a company's product
  • Chinese: 商標 /商标 (siong-phiau) — identification of a company's product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 商標 /商标 (shāngbiāo) — identification of a company's product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牌子 (páizi) — identification of a company's product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 品牌 (pǐnpái) — identification of a company's product
  • Czech: ochranná známka — identification of a company's product
  • Danish: varemærke — identification of a company's product
  • Dutch: handelsmerk — identification of a company's product
  • Estonian: kaubamärk — identification of a company's product
  • Finnish: tavaramerkki — identification of a company's product
  • French: marque commerciale — identification of a company's product
  • Georgian: სავაჭრო ნიშანი (savač̣ro nišani) — identification of a company's product
  • German: Marke — identification of a company's product
  • German: Warenzeichen — identification of a company's product
  • Greek: εμπορικό σήμα (emporikó síma) — identification of a company's product
  • Hebrew: סִימָן מִסְחָר (simán miskhár) — identification of a company's product
  • Hebrew: סִימָן מִסחָרִי (simán miskharí) — identification of a company's product
  • Hindi: व्यापारचिन्ह (vyāpārcinha) — identification of a company's product
  • Hindi: ट्रेडमार्क (ṭreḍmārk) — identification of a company's product
  • Hungarian: védjegy — identification of a company's product
  • Hungarian: márkanév — identification of a company's product
  • Icelandic: vörumerki — identification of a company's product
  • Ido: fabriko-marko — identification of a company's product
  • Indonesian: merek dagang — identification of a company's product
  • Irish: trádmharc — identification of a company's product
  • Italian: marchio registrato — identification of a company's product
  • Japanese: 商標 (shōhyō) — identification of a company's product
  • Kazakh: сауда таңбасы (sauda tañbasy) — identification of a company's product
  • Kazakh: тауар таңбасы (tauar tañbasy) — identification of a company's product
  • Khmer: ពាណិជ្ជសញ្ញា (piənɨc saññaa) — identification of a company's product
  • Korean: 상표 (sangpyo) — identification of a company's product
  • Kyrgyz: товардык белги (tovardık belgi) — identification of a company's product
  • Kyrgyz: соода белгиси (sooda belgisi) — identification of a company's product
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງຫມາຍການຄ້າ (khư̄ang māi kān khā) — identification of a company's product
  • Latvian: preču zīme — identification of a company's product
  • Lithuanian: prekės ženklas — identification of a company's product
  • Macedonian: заштитен знак (zaštiten znak) — identification of a company's product
  • Malay: tanda dagang — identification of a company's product
  • Mongolian: барааны тэмдэг (baraany temdeg) — identification of a company's product
  • Mongolian: худалдааны тэмдэг (xudaldaany temdeg) — identification of a company's product
  • Mongolian: ялгарах тэмдэг (jalgarax temdeg) — identification of a company's product
  • Māori: mokopakihi — identification of a company's product
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varemerke — identification of a company's product
  • Iranian Persian: نَمَادِ بازَرْگانی (namâd-e bâzargâni) — identification of a company's product
  • Iranian Persian: نِشانِ بازَرْگانی (nešân-e bâzargâni) — identification of a company's product
  • Polish: znak towarowy — identification of a company's product
  • Portuguese: marca registrada — identification of a company's product
  • Portuguese: marca — identification of a company's product
  • Romanian: marcă înregistrată — identification of a company's product
  • Romanian: marcă — identification of a company's product
  • Russian: това́рный знак (továrnyj znak) — identification of a company's product
  • Russian: торго́вая ма́рка (torgóvaja márka) — identification of a company's product
  • Russian: това́рная ма́рка (továrnaja márka) — identification of a company's product
  • Serbo-Croatian: заштитни знак — identification of a company's product
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaštitni znak — identification of a company's product
  • Slovak: ochranná známka — identification of a company's product
  • Slovene: blagovna znamka — identification of a company's product
  • Spanish: marca registrada — identification of a company's product
  • Spanish: marca — identification of a company's product
  • Swedish: varumärke — identification of a company's product
  • Tagalog: tatak-kalakal — identification of a company's product
  • Tajik: маркаи истеҳсолӣ (marka-yi istehsoli) — identification of a company's product
  • Thai: เครื่องหมายการค้า (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-gaan-káa) — identification of a company's product
  • Turkish: tescilli marka — identification of a company's product
  • Turkish: alametifarika — identification of a company's product
  • Turkmen: söwda belgisi — identification of a company's product
  • Ukrainian: това́рний знак (továrnyj znak) — identification of a company's product
  • Ukrainian: торго́ва ма́рка (torhóva márka) — identification of a company's product
  • Ukrainian: торгове́льна ма́рка (torhovélʹna márka) — identification of a company's product
  • Urdu: نِشانِ تِجارَت (niśān-i tijārat) — identification of a company's product
  • Urdu: تِجارَتی مارْکَہ (tijāratī mārka) — identification of a company's product
  • Urdu: ٹْریڈ مارْک (ṭreḍ mārk) — identification of a company's product
  • Uyghur: تاۋار ماركىسى (tawar markisi) — identification of a company's product
  • Uzbek: savdo belgisi — identification of a company's product
  • Vietnamese: thương hiệu — identification of a company's product
  • Polish: zastrzegać — to register something as a trademark
  • Polish: zastrzec — to register something as a trademark
Real reading context

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