logo

See also: Logo, logó, logo-, -logo, and łógo

English

Etymology

1937, clipping of logogram or logotype.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊɡəʊ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊɡoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊɡəʊ

Noun

logo (plural logos)

1. A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.

   Synonym: logotype

   Hyponyms: brandmark, submark, wordmark

   • 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 5:

     The unified colour palette of reds, blues, and yellows used throughout the signage matches that of the institution’s logo and letterhead.

2. (by extension) An audio recording for the same purpose; a jingle.
   • 2011, James Hammond, Branding Your Business:

     What about including a CD of your music or a copy of your audio logo/jingle in your promotional items […]

3. (sciences) A single graphic which contains one or more separate elements.
4. An ensign, a badge of office, rank, or power.

Translations

visual 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)
• Esperanto: markemblemo
• Finnish: logo (fi)
• French: logo (fr) m, logotype (fr) m
• German: Logo (de) n
• Greek: λογότυπο (el) n (logótypo), λογότυπος (el) m (logótypos)
• Hebrew: לוגו‎ (he)
• Hungarian: logó (hu), embléma (hu), jelkép (hu)
• Ido: logotipo
• Indonesian: logo (id)
• Italian: logotipo m, logo (it) m
• Japanese: ロゴ (rogo), ロゴタイプ (rogotaipu)
• Korean: 로고 (ko) (rogo), 로고타이프 (rogotaipeu)

• Latin: logotypus
• Malay: logo
• Maori: moko
• Persian: آرم‎ (fa) (ârm), لوگو‎ (logo)
• Polish: logo (pl) n
• Portuguese: logo (pt) m, logotipo (pt) m
• Russian: логоти́п (ru) m (logotíp), ло́го (ru) n (lógo)
• Slovene: logotip
• Spanish: logotipo (es) m
• Swahili: chapa (sw)
• Swedish: logotyp (sv) c, logga (sv) c, logo (sv) c
• Turkish: logo (tr), logolar pl
• Vietnamese: biểu trưng (vi), lô-gô, lôgô, logo (vi)
• Walloon: imådjete (wa) f

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Catalan

Etymology

From English logo, a shortening of logotype.

Noun

logo m (plural logos)

1. logo

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Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of logotyyppi.

Noun

logo

1. logo

Declension

Inflection of logo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		logo	logot
genitive		logon	logojen
partitive		logoa	logoja
illative		logoon	logoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		logo	logot
accusative	nom.	logo	logot
	gen.	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

Possessive forms of logo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	logoni	logomme
2nd person	logosi	logonne
3rd person	logonsa

Synonyms

• liikemerkki

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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French

Etymology

From English logo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.ɡo/

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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Galician

Alternative forms

• lougo (Galician-Asturian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɔɣʊ], [ˈlɔħʊ], [ˈlɔ]

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese logo, from Latin loco (“in the place of, instead of, for”), ablative of locus; from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”). Cognate with Portuguese logo and Spanish luego.

Adverb

logo

1. immediately, promptly

   Non corras que logo chegas!

   Don't run, you''ll be there in no time!

   Synonyms: decontado, deseguida

2. soon (in a short while)

   Logo chega a primavera.

   It will be spring soon.

   Synonyms: axiña, enseguida

3. later

   Synonym: despois

Conjunction

logo

1. thus, therefore, so

   Penso, logo existo.

   I think, therefore I am.

   —E logo por que non vés connosco?.

   —So why don't you come with us?

   —Non vou. —E logo?

   —I won't go. —So?

   Synonyms: daquela, entón, xa que logo

Derived terms

• e logo

References

• “logo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “logo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “logo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “logo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “logo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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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!

Further reading

• “logo” in Duden online

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English logo

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɡo

Noun

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

1. logo (symbol)
2. logotype

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) + τύπος (túpos), via English logotype (later logo)

Noun

logo m (definite singular logoen, indefinite plural logoer, definite plural logoene)

1. a logo

References

• “logo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) + τύπος (túpos), via English logotype (later logo)

Noun

logo m (definite singular logoen, indefinite plural logoar, definite plural logoane)

1. a logo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

logo

1. (obsolete) past plural of le

References

• “logo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin loco (“in the place of, instead of, for”), ablative of locus, from Latin stlocus from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡo/

Adverb

logo

1. soon
   • 13th century C.E., 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

• Fala: logu
• Galician: logo
• Portuguese: logo

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Polish

Etymology

From English logo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

logo n

1. logo (symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an entity)

Declension

Indeclinable or colloquially:

declension of logo

	singular	plural
nominative	logo	loga
genitive	loga	log
dative	logu	logom
accusative	logo	loga
instrumental	logiem	logami
locative	logu	logach
vocative	logo	loga

Further reading

• logo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• logo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese logo, from Latin locō (“in the place of, instead of, for”), ablative of locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”). Compare Spanish luego.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɣu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡu/
• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Adverb

logo

1. soon (in a short while)

   Synonyms: já; já, já (colloquial)

   Logo será primavera.

   It will be spring soon.

Conjunction

logo

1. (formal) thus, therefore (for this reason)

   Synonym: portanto (less formal); por isso (not formal)

   Penso, logo sou.

   I think, therefore I am.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɣu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡu/
• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Verb

logo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of logar

Etymology 3

Clipping of logotipo or logomarca, similar to English logo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɣu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɡu/
• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Noun

logo m or f (in variation) (plural logos)

1. logo (a logotype)

   Este é o logo que fiz para sua empresa.

   That's the logo that i made for your company.

Usage notes

Some people use this word as a masculine clipping of logotipo and some as a feminine clipping of logomarca.

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *roŋoR (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

Etymology 1

Clipping of logotyp, borrowed from English logotype.

Noun

logo c

1. (colloquial) logo

   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
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	logo	logon	logor	logorna
Genitive	logos	logons	logors	logornas

Usage notes

• A more common shorthand is logga, whose plural loggor is distinguished from lågor, the plural of låga (“flame”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

logo

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

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Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *roŋo. Cognates include Hawaiian lono and Samoan logo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ŋo/
• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Noun

logo

1. gong, bell
2. news, story

Verb

logo

1. (transitive) to tell
2. (intransitive) to hear
3. (stative) to be felt
4. (transitive) to understand, comprehend

Derived terms

• logologo

 

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 188