logo

See also logo-, -logo, Logo, and łógo

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

1937, abbreviation of logogram or logotype.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊɡəʊ

Noun

logo (plural logos)

1. A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity.
2. (sciences) A single graphic which contains one or more separate elements.
3. An ensign, a badge of office, rank, or power.

Translations

symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an entity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標誌 (cmn), 标志 (cmn) (biāozhì), 商標 (cmn), 商标 (cmn) (shāngbiāo)

• Czech: logo (cs) n
• Dutch: logo (nl)
• Finnish: logo (fi)
• French: logo (fr) m, logotype (fr) m
• German: Logo (de) n
• Greek: λογότυπο (el) (logótypo) n , λογότυπος (el) (logótypos) m 
• Hungarian: logó (hu), embléma (hu), jelkép (hu)

• Italian: logotipo (it) m, logo (it) m
• Japanese: ロゴ (ja) (rogo)
• Latin: logotypus (la)
• Malay: logo (ms)
• Russian: логотип (ru) (logotíp) m 
• Slovene: logotip (sl)
• Spanish: logotipo (es) m
• Swahili: chapa (sw)
• Swedish: logotyp (sv) c, logga (sv) c

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Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of logotyyppi.

Noun

logo

1. logo

Declension

Declension of logo (type valo) singular plural nominative logo logot genitive logon logojen partitive logoa logoja accusative logo logon logot inessive logossa logoissa elative logosta logoista illative logoon logoihin adessive logolla logoilla ablative logolta logoilta allative logolle logoille essive logona logoina translative logoksi logoiksi instructive – logoin abessive logotta logoitta comitative – logoineen

Synonyms

• liikemerkki

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

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French

Noun

logo m (plural logos)

1. A logo; name, symbol, or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity.

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Italian

Noun

logo m (invariable) or logo m (plural loghi)

1. logo (symbol)
2. logotype

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin locus (“place”), from Old Latin stlocus from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɔ.go/

Adverb

logo

1. soon
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

Descendants

• Portuguese: logo

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese logo, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Adverb

logo (not comparable)

1. soon
2. thus

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *longo (compare Hawaiian lono (“news”), Fijian rogo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *deŋeʀ (compare Indonesian dengar (“to hear, listen”)).

Verb

logo

1. (intransitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
2. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
3. (intransitive) to listen (to pay attention to a sound)
4. (intransitive) to listen (to wait for a sound)
5. (intransitive) to listen (to accept oral instruction)

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Spanish

Verb

logo (infinitive logar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of logar.

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Swedish

Noun

logo c

1. (colloquial) logo, short for logotyp

   Den nya logon är en tolkning av ...

   The new logo is an interpretation of ...

   apoteken ska marknadsföras med nya logor

   the pharmacies will be marketed with new logos

Declension

Declension of logo

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	logo	logon	logor	logorna
genitive	logos	logons	logors	logornas

Verb

logo

1. Obsolete plural form of log, past tense of le.

Usage notes

• A more common shorthand is logga, whose plural (loggorna) is easier to distinguish from lågorna, the plural of låga.