logo

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

English

Etymology

1937, abbreviation of logogram or logotype.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

logo (plural logos)

1. A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
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)
• 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
• 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 m
• Swahili: chapa (sw)
• Swedish: logotyp (sv) c, logga (sv) c, logo (sv) c
• Turkish: logo (tr), logolar pl
• Vietnamese: biểu trưng (vi)
• Walloon: imådjete (wa) f

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Catalan

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

Synonyms

• liikemerkki

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

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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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Galician

Alternative forms

• lougo (Galician-Asturian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɣo̝/

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, youll 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 Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “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

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

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

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, 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

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation 1

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

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese logo, 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”). Compare Spanish luego.

Adverb

logo

1. soon (in a short while)

   Logo será primavera.

   It will be spring soon.

Conjunction

logo

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

   Penso, logo sou.

   I think, therefore I am.

Synonyms

• (soon): já, já, já (colloquial)
• (thus): portanto (less formal), por isso (not formal)

Etymology 2

From English log in.

Verb

logo

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

Pronunciation 2

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

Etymology 3

Abbreviation from Portuguese logotipo, similar to english logo.

Noun

logo m (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.

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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
	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.