Lego

See also: lego, LEGO, legó, legò, leĝo, and -lego

English

Lego bricks.

Alternative forms

• LEGO, lego

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɡoʊ/

Etymology

Shortened from Danish leg godt (literally “play well”).

Noun

Lego (countable and uncountable, plural Legos)

1. Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks made by the Lego Company that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.

Usage notes

The plural form Legos is chiefly American. Other regions tend to use the uncountable form, or to speak of Lego bricks and Lego sets.

Translations

toy brick

• Arabic: لِيغُو‏‎ m (līḡū), لِيغُو‏‎ m (legū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 樂高 (lok⁶ gou¹)

  Mandarin: 樂高 (zh), 乐高 (zh) (Lègāo), 樂高玩具, 乐高玩具 (Lègāo wánjù), 樂高積木, 乐高积木 (Lègāo jīmù)

• Finnish: lego (fi)
• Hindi: लेगो m (lego)
• Japanese: レゴ (Rego)

• Korean: 레고 (Rego)
• Marathi: लेगो (lego)
• Persian: لگو‏‎ (fa) (legu, lego)
• Portuguese: lego (pt) m
• Russian: Ле́го (ru) f (Légo)
• Spanish: lego (es) m
• Urdu: لیگو‏‎ m (lego)

Derived terms

• Lego brick
• Legoland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Official Lego website

Anagrams

• Goel, Loge, goel, loge, ogle

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Portuguese

Noun

Lego m (plural Legos)

1. Alternative spelling of lego