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 (zh), 标志 (zh) (biāozhì), 商標 (zh), 商标 (zh) (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) n (logótypo), λογότυπος (el) m (logótypos)
• Hungarian: logó (hu), embléma (hu), jelkép (hu)
• Italian: logotipo m, logo (it) m
• Japanese: ロゴ (rogo)

• Latin: logotypus
• Malay: logo
• Polish: logo (pl)
• Portuguese: logo (pt) m, logotipo (pt) m
• Russian: логотип (ru) m (logotíp)
• Slovene: logotip
• Spanish: logotipo m
• Swahili: chapa (sw)
• Swedish: logotyp c, logga (sv) c
• Turkish: logo (tr), logolar pl
• Walloon: imådjete f

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Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of logotyyppi.

Noun

logo

1. logo

Declension

Declension of logo (Kotus type 1/valo)

		singular	plural
nominative		logo	logot
accusative	zero?	logo	logot
	normal	logon
genitive		logon	logojen
partitive		logoa	logoja
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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German

Etymology

Modification of logisch (“logically”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈloːɡo]

Adverb

logo

1. (slang) of course, absolutely, certainly

   —Kommst du mit auf die Party?
   —Na logo!

   —Are you coming to the party?
   —Of course!

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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^(key): /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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɣu/
• 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

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.