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.)

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