bookmark en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbuːkmɑːk/ some Northern England, especially Northumbria
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbʉkmaɹk/ (Northern-Ireland)
- /ˈbɵkmɑːk/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈbʉkmaɾk/ (Scotland)
- /ˈbʊkmɑːɹk/ (General-American)
- /ˈbʊkmɑːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
-
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.
- A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
- A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bookmarks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (88)
et järjehoidja (strip used to mark a place in a book) · nn bokmerke (strip used to mark a place in a book) · eo legosigno (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ja ブックマーク (record of the address of a file or page) · es marcador (record of the address of a file or page) · pt favorito (record of the address of a file or page) · ru и́збранное (record of the address of a file or page) · he סִימָנִיָּה (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ru ляссе́ (strip used to mark a place in a book) · el σελιδοδείκτης (strip used to mark a place in a book) · pt marcador de páginas (strip used to mark a place in a book) · lt skirtukas (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ja ブクマ (record of the address of a file or page) · de Lesezeichen (strip used to mark a place in a book) · hu könyvjelző (record of the address of a file or page) · th ที่คั่นหนังสือ (strip used to mark a place in a book) · es señalador (strip used to mark a place in a book) · eo legosigno (record of the address of a file or page) · ko 즐겨찾기 (record of the address of a file or page) · da bogmærke (strip used to mark a place in a book) · pt marca-página (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ca adreça d'interès (record of the address of a file or page) · fr signet (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ms penanda buku (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ko 서표 (strip used to mark a place in a book) · pl zakładka (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ka სანიშნე (record of the address of a file or page) · ru закла́дка (strip used to mark a place in a book) · nb bokmerke (strip used to mark a place in a book) · fr marque-page (record of the address of a file or page) · cmn 書籤 /书签 (record of the address of a file or page) · fr marque-page (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ca punt de llibre (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ro semn de carte (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ko 북마크 (record of the address of a file or page) · sv bokmärke (strip used to mark a place in a book) · nn bokmerke (record of the address of a file or page) · hu könyvjelző (strip used to mark a place in a book) · az əlfəcin (strip used to mark a place in a book) · cy llyfrnod (strip used to mark a place in a book) · mk обеле́жувач (record of the address of a file or page) · ru бу́кмарк (record of the address of a file or page) · cs záložka (strip used to mark a place in a book) · lb Lieszeechen (strip used to mark a place in a book) · be закла́дка (strip used to mark a place in a book) · es favorito (record of the address of a file or page) · fr favori (record of the address of a file or page) · ru букма́рк (record of the address of a file or page) · tr kitap ayracı (strip used to mark a place in a book) · et järjehoidja (record of the address of a file or page) · mt markapaġna (strip used to mark a place in a book) · el σελιδοδείκτης (record of the address of a file or page) · pt marca-livro (strip used to mark a place in a book) · lb Lieszeechen (record of the address of a file or page) · mi tohuwāhi (record of the address of a file or page) · vi dấu trang (record of the address of a file or page) · pt marcador (strip used to mark a place in a book) · fi kirjanmerkki (record of the address of a file or page) · uk закла́дка (strip used to mark a place in a book) · cs záložka (record of the address of a file or page) · mr बुकमार्क (record of the address of a file or page) · da bogmærke (record of the address of a file or page) · ru закла́дка (record of the address of a file or page) · mr बुकमार्क (strip used to mark a place in a book) · is bókamerki (strip used to mark a place in a book) · hy էջանիշ (strip used to mark a place in a book) · vi thẻ đánh dấu (strip used to mark a place in a book) · nl bladwijzer (strip used to mark a place in a book) · fi kirjanmerkki (strip used to mark a place in a book) · es separador (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ja 栞 (strip used to mark a place in a book) · yi טײַטל (strip used to mark a place in a book) · de Lesezeichen (record of the address of a file or page) · nl bladwijzer (record of the address of a file or page) · mk обеле́жувач (strip used to mark a place in a book) · mi tāhei (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ga leabharmharc (strip used to mark a place in a book) · fr signet (record of the address of a file or page) · nb bokmerke (record of the address of a file or page) · es punto de libro (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ko 책갈피 (strip used to mark a place in a book) · de Bookmark (record of the address of a file or page) · cmn 書籤 /书签 (strip used to mark a place in a book) · ja お気に入り (record of the address of a file or page) · es marcapáginas (strip used to mark a place in a book) · pl zakładka (record of the address of a file or page) · pt marcador (record of the address of a file or page) · it segnalibro (strip used to mark a place in a book)