# logo
## English
### Etymology

1937, clipping of logogram or logotype.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈləʊ.ɡəʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈloʊ.ɡoʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊɡəʊ

### Noun

logo (plural logos)
* 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.
* (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 […]
* (sciences) A single graphic which contains one or more separate elements.
* An ensign, a badge of office, rank, or power.
* (business, sales) A corporate customer.
    How many new logos did we close this quarter?

#### Derived terms

* logo 3
* sonic logo

#### Translations
## 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)
* logo

## Chinese
### Alternative forms

* 撈稿 / 捞稿, 嘮稿 / 唠稿

### Etymology

From English logo.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^1$ gou$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^1$ gou$^2$
*** Yale: lōu góu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^1$ gou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^1$ gou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯⁵⁵ kou̯³⁵/

### Noun

logo
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) logo

### References

* English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈloɡo/, [ˈlo̞ɡo̞]
* Rhymes: -oɡo
* Hyphenation: lo‧go

### Noun

logo
* logo

#### Declension

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

* 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 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English logo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔ.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

logo m (plural logos)
* 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: /ˈlɔɡo/ [ˈlɔ.ɣ̞ʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈlɔɡo/ [ˈlɔ.ɣ̞ʊ]
* IPA: (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
* immediately, promptly
    Synonyms: decontado, deseguida
    Non corras que logo chegas!Don't run, you''ll be there in no time!
* soon (in a short while)
    Synonyms: axiña, enseguida
    Logo chega a primavera.It will be spring soon.
* later
    Synonym: despois

#### Conjunction

logo
* 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

Clipping of logotipo, similar to English logo.

#### Noun

logo m (plural logos)
* logo

### Further reading

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

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “logo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “logo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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: [ˈloːɡo]

### Adverb

logo
* (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: [ˈloɡo]
* Hyphenation: lo‧go

### Noun

logo
* logo

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English logo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈloɡo]
* Hyphenation: lo‧go

### Noun

logo (uncountable)
* logo

#### Derived terms

* berlogo

### Further reading

* “logo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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: /ˈlɔ.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -ɔɡo
* Hyphenation: lò‧go

### Noun

logo m (plural loghi or invariable)
* logo (symbol)
* logotype

### Anagrams

* Golo, golo

## 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)
* a logo

### References

* “logo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* -olog

## 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)
* a logo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

logo
* (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: /ˈlɔ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɔ.ɡʊ/
* Rhymes: -ɔɡo

### Adverb

logo
* 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
### Etymology

Borrowed from English logo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɔ.ɡɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɡɔ
* Syllabification: lo‧go

### Noun

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

#### Declension

Indeclinable or colloquially:

### 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: /ˈlɔ.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlɔ.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlɔ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɔ.ɡu/ [ˈlɔ.ɣu]
* Rhymes: -ɔɡu
* Hyphenation: lo‧go

#### Adverb

logo
* soon (in a short while)
    Synonyms: já; (Brazil, colloquial) já, já
    Logo será primavera.It will be spring soon.
* immediately after, right after
    Saí logo a seguir a vocês.I left right after you.
* (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
* 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: /ˈlɔ.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlɔ.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlɔ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɔ.ɡu/ [ˈlɔ.ɣu]
* Rhymes: -ɔɡu
* Hyphenation: lo‧go

#### Verb

logo
* first-person singular present indicative of logar

### Etymology 3

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlo.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlo.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlo.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlɔ.ɡɔ/ [ˈlɔ.ɣɔ]
* Hyphenation: lo‧go

#### Noun

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French logo.

### Noun

logo n (plural logouri)
* logo

#### Declension
## 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
* (intransitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
* (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
* (intransitive) to listen (to pay attention to a sound)
* (intransitive) to listen (to wait for a sound)
* (intransitive) to listen (to accept oral instruction)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈloɡo/ [ˈlo.ɣ̞o]
* Audio (Costa Rica):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɡo
* Syllabification: lo‧go

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

logo
* first-person singular present indicative of logar

### Etymology 2

Clipping of logotipo, similar to English logo.

#### Noun

logo m (plural logos)
* Clipping of logotipo.

### Further reading

* “logo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “logo” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Clipping of logotyp, borrowed from English logotype.

#### Noun

logo c
* (colloquial) logo
    Den nya logon är en tolkning av ...The new logo is an interpretation of ...
    apoteken ska marknadsföras med nya logorthe 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

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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

logo
* (pre-1940) plural past indicative of le

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English logo.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

logo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜄᜓ)
* 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: [ˈlo.ŋo]
* Hyphenation: lo‧go

### Noun

logo
* gong, bell
* news, story

### Verb

logo
* (transitive) to tell
* (intransitive) to hear
* (stative) to be felt
* (transitive) to understand, comprehend

#### Derived terms

* logologo

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 188

## Turkish
### Etymology

From English logo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlo.ɡo/
* Hyphenation: lo‧go

### Noun

logo (definite accusative logoyu, plural logolar)
* logo
    Synonym: imlek

#### Related terms

* logaritma
* logos

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “logo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “logo”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “logo”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2975