bookmark

Noun

1. A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
2. A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
3. A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap

Verb

To create a bookmark.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʊk.mɑː(ɹ)k/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *boke-merk

Cognate with Danish: bogmærke

Cognate with Swedish: bokmärke

Cognate with Norwegian: bokmerke

Cognate with Icelandic: bókamerki

In summary

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”).

Synonyms

bookmarker

guidebook

favorite

favourite

marker

Translations

signet

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marque-page

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Lesezeichen

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bladwijzer

🔖

segnalibro

🔖

zakładka

marcador

σελιδοδείκτης

marcador

marcapáginas

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Lesemarke

Buchzeichen

favori

marcador de libros

favorito