logo

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

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English

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Etymology

1937, clipping of logogram or logotype.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊ.ɡəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊ.ɡoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• 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, 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.
5. (business, sales) A corporate customer.

   How many new logos did we close this quarter?

Derived terms

• logo 3
• logoed
• logo edit
• logo editor
• logo kid
• logoless
• logomania
• logomark
• slogo
• sonic logo

Translations

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

Arabic: شِعَار (ar) m (šiʕār) Egyptian Arabic: لوجو m (logo) Belarusian: лагаты́п m (lahatýp), ло́га n (lóha) Bengali: লোগো (lōgō) Bulgarian: ло́го (bg) n (lógo) Burmese: လိုဂို (luigui) Chinese: Mandarin: 標誌 / 标志 (zh) (biāozhì), 商標 / 商标 (zh) (shāngbiāo) Czech: logo (cs) n Dutch: logo (nl) Esperanto: emblemo, markemblemo Estonian: logo (et) Finnish: logo (fi) French: logo (fr) m, logotype (fr) m German: Logo (de) n Greek: λογότυπο (el) n (logótypo), λογότυπος (el) m (logótypos) Hebrew: לוֹגוֹ (he) (lógo), סמליל (he) m (samlíl) Hindi: लोगो m (logo) Hungarian: logó (hu), embléma (hu), jelkép (hu) Icelandic: merki (is) n, lógó n Ido: logotipo Indonesian: logo (id) Italian: logotipo (it) m, logo (it) m Japanese: ロゴ (ja) (rogo), ロゴタイプ (ja) (rogotaipu), ロゴマーク (ja) (rogo māku) Korean: 로고 (ko) (rogo), 로고타이프 (rogotaipeu) Latin: logotypus Malay: logo (ms) Maori: moko Occitan: logo m, lògo, logò Persian: آرم (fa) (ârm), لوگو (logo), نشان‌واره (fa) (nešân-vâre) Polish: logo (pl) n Portuguese: logo (pt) m Russian: логоти́п (ru) m (logotíp), ло́го (ru) n (lógo) Slovak: logo n Slovene: logotip Spanish: logo (es) m, logotipo (es) m Swahili: chapa (sw) Swedish: logotyp (sv) c, logga (sv) c, logo (sv) c Tagalog: logo Thai: โลโก้ Tibetan: མཚོན་རྟགས (mtshon rtags, literally “brandish-sign”) Turkish: logo (tr), logolar (tr) pl Ukrainian: логоти́п (uk) m (lohotýp), ло́го n (lóho) Uyghur: لوگو (logo) Vietnamese: biểu trưng (vi), lô-gô, lôgô, logo (vi) Walloon: imådjete (wa) f

Further reading

• logo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English logo, a shortening of logotype.

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “ó in Valencian, unknown elsewhere”

Noun

logo m (plural logos)

1. logo

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 撈稿 / 捞稿, 嘮稿 / 唠稿

Etymology

From English logo.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou¹ gou²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou¹ gou²
    • Yale: lōu góu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou¹ gou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou¹ gou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯⁵⁵ kou̯³⁵/

Noun

logo

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) logo

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English logo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.ɣoː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: lo‧go
• Rhymes: -oːɣoː

Noun

logo n (plural logo's, diminutive logootje n)

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

   Synonym: beeldmerk

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “logo”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of logotyyppi, probably following the example of other languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloɡo/, [ˈlo̞ɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -oɡo
• Syllabification^(key): lo‧go
• Hyphenation^(key): lo‧go

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
abessive		logotta	logoitta
instructive		—	logoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of logo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative logoni logoni accusative nom. logoni logoni gen. logoni genitive logoni logojeni partitive logoani logojani inessive logossani logoissani elative logostani logoistani illative logooni logoihini adessive logollani logoillani ablative logoltani logoiltani allative logolleni logoilleni essive logonani logoinani translative logokseni logoikseni abessive logottani logoittani instructive — — comitative — logoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative logosi logosi accusative nom. logosi logosi gen. logosi genitive logosi logojesi partitive logoasi logojasi inessive logossasi logoissasi elative logostasi logoistasi illative logoosi logoihisi adessive logollasi logoillasi ablative logoltasi logoiltasi allative logollesi logoillesi essive logonasi logoinasi translative logoksesi logoiksesi abessive logottasi logoittasi instructive — — comitative — logoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative logomme logomme accusative nom. logomme logomme gen. logomme genitive logomme logojemme partitive logoamme logojamme inessive logossamme logoissamme elative logostamme logoistamme illative logoomme logoihimme adessive logollamme logoillamme ablative logoltamme logoiltamme allative logollemme logoillemme essive logonamme logoinamme translative logoksemme logoiksemme abessive logottamme logoittamme instructive — — comitative — logoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative logonne logonne accusative nom. logonne logonne gen. logonne genitive logonne logojenne partitive logoanne logojanne inessive logossanne logoissanne elative logostanne logoistanne illative logoonne logoihinne adessive logollanne logoillanne ablative logoltanne logoiltanne allative logollenne logoillenne essive logonanne logoinanne translative logoksenne logoiksenne abessive logottanne logoittanne instructive — — comitative — logoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative logonsa logonsa accusative nom. logonsa logonsa gen. logonsa genitive logonsa logojensa partitive logoaan logoansa logojaan logojansa inessive logossaan logossansa logoissaan logoissansa elative logostaan logostansa logoistaan logoistansa illative logoonsa logoihinsa adessive logollaan logollansa logoillaan logoillansa ablative logoltaan logoltansa logoiltaan logoiltansa allative logolleen logollensa logoilleen logoillensa essive logonaan logonansa logoinaan logoinansa translative logokseen logoksensa logoikseen logoiksensa abessive logottaan logottansa logoittaan logoittansa instructive — — comitative — logoineen logoinensa

Synonyms

• liikemerkki

Derived terms

compounds

• logotutkimus

References

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

Further reading

• “logo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English logo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.ɡo/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

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

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɡo/ [ˈlɔ.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈlɔɡo/ [ˈlɔ.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈlɔħo/ [ˈlɔ.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɔɡo

• Rhymes: -ɔɡo
• Rhymes: -ɔħo

• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-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.

Alternative forms

• lougo (Galician-Asturian)

Adverb

logo

1. immediately, promptly

   Synonyms: decontado, deseguida

   Non corras que logo chegas!

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

2. soon (in a short while)

   Synonyms: axiña, enseguida

   Logo chega a primavera.

   It will be spring soon.

3. later

   Synonym: despois

Conjunction

logo

1. thus, therefore, so

   Synonyms: daquela, entón, xa que logo

   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?

Derived terms

• e logo

Etymology 2

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

logo

Wikipedia ^gl

Clipping of logotipo, similar to English logo.

Noun

logo m (plural logos)

1. logo

Further reading

• “logo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “logo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “logo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “logo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “logo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “logo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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
• “logo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Iban

Etymology

From English logo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈloɡo]
• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Noun

logo

1. logo

Indonesian

Etymology

From English logo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈloɡo]
• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Noun

logo (plural logo-logo)

1. logo

Derived terms

• berlogo

Further reading

• “logo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English logo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡo
• Hyphenation: lò‧go

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

logo m (plural loghi or logo)

1. logo (symbol)
2. logotype

Anagrams

• Golo, golo

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

logo

Wikipedia ^no

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.

Anagrams

• -olog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

logo

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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 corresponding lemma form.

Verb

logo

1. (obsolete) past plural of le

References

• “logo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡo

Adverb

logo

1. soon
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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

Related terms

• logar

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "logo"

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

logo

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English logo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɡɔ
• Syllabification: lo‧go

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡu/ [ˈlɔ.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -ɔɡu
• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Adverb

logo

1. soon (in a short while)

   Synonyms: já; (Brazil, colloquial) já, já

   Logo será primavera.

   It will be spring soon.

2. immediately after, right after

   Saí logo a seguir a vocês.

   I left right after you.

3. (Brazil) already (used to emphasize impatience)

   Synonym: já

   Precisamos terminar isto logo.

   We need to finish this already.

Derived terms

• mais logo
• logo que

Conjunction

logo

1. thus, therefore (for this reason)

   Synonyms: portanto, por isso

   Penso, logo existo.

   I think, therefore I am.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡu/ [ˈlɔ.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -ɔɡu
• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Verb

logo

1. first-person singular present indicative of logar

Etymology 3

Clipping of logótipo or logomarca (in Brazil), similar to English logo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡɔ/ [ˈlɔ.ɣɔ]

• Hyphenation: lo‧go

Noun

logo (Portugal, Brazil) m or (Brazil) f (plural logos)

1. logo (a logotype)

   Fiz este logo para à empresa.

   I made this logo for the company.

Usage notes

Some people use this word as a masculine clipping of logótipo and some as a feminine clipping of logomarca. In Portugal it's always masculine.

Further reading

• “logo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “logo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French logo.

Noun

logo n (plural logouri)

1. logo

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	logo	logoul		logouri	logourile
genitive-dative	logo	logoului		logouri	logourilor
vocative	logoule			logourilor

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)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloɡo/ [ˈlo.ɣ̞o]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɡo
• Syllabification: lo‧go

Etymology 1

Verb

logo

1. first-person singular present indicative of logar

Etymology 2

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

logo

Wikipedia ^es

Clipping of logotipo, similar to English logo.

Noun

logo m (plural logos)

1. clipping of logotipo

Further reading

• “logo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “logo” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of logo

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

logo

1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of le

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English logo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈloɡo/ [ˈloː.ɣo]
• Rhymes: -oɡo
• Syllabification: lo‧go

Noun

logo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜄᜓ)

1. logo; logotype

Further reading

• “logo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

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, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 188