household name

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

household name (plural household names)

1. A brand name that is well known to the great majority of households.
2. A genericized trademark.
3. A very well-known public figure.
   • 2020 January 17, Amy Chozick, “This Is the Guy Who’s Taking Away the Likes”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Instagram has revolutionized shopping, dealt a near-death blow to women’s magazines, taken celebrities from TV and movie screens to our fingertips and made Shih Tzus and personal trainers household names. (At least in some households.)

Synonyms

• household word

Translations

brand name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 家喻户晓的品牌 (jiā yù hù xiǎo de pǐn pái)

• Finnish: tunnettu tavaramerkki
• German: vertrauter Name m, bekannter Name m, Begriff (de) m
• Russian: изве́стный бренд m (izvéstnyj brɛnd)

genericized trademark — see genericized trademark

public figure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 知名人士 (zh) (zhī míng rén shì)

• Finnish: superjulkkis
• German: allseits bekanntes Gesicht n