logo

1937, clipping of logogram or logotype.

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

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊɡəʊ

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.

   • 2026 January 21, Philip Haigh, “First course of action: changes in the capital”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 22:

     Branding remains constant and TfL's roundel stays the dominant logo on trains and at stations.

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?

• logo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English logo, a shortening of logotype.

logo m (plural logos)

1. logo

• 撈稿 / 捞稿, 嘮稿 / 唠稿

From English logo.

logo

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) logo

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Borrowed from English logo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.ɣoː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: lo‧go
• Rhymes: -oːɣoː

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

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

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

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

logo

1. logo

• liikemerkki

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

• “logo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

Borrowed from English logo.

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.ɡo/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

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

• Hyphenation: lo‧go

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.

• lougo, llougo (Galician-Asturian)

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

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?

Clipping of logotipo, similar to English logo.

logo m (plural logos)

1. logo

• “logo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

• 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

Modification of logisch (“logically”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈloːɡo]

logo

1. (slang) of course, absolutely, certainly

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

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

• “logo” in Duden online
• “logo”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

From English logo.

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

logo

1. logo

From English logo.

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

logo (plural logo-logo)

1. logo

• “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

Borrowed from English logo.

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

• Audio:

  (file)

logo m (plural loghi or logo)

1. logo (symbol)
2. logotype

• Golo, golo

Cognate with Lugbara ɔgó.

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

logó

1. liver

• Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 39

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

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

1. a logo

• “logo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• -olog

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

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

1. a logo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

logo

1. (obsolete) past plural of le

• “logo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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

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

• logar

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

• Universo Cantigas - "logo"

Borrowed from English logo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɡɔ
• Syllabification: lo‧go

logo n

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

Indeclinable or colloquially:

• “logo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “logo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

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.

• Rhymes: -ɔɡu
• Hyphenation: lo‧go

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.

• mais logo
• logo que

logo

1. thus, therefore (for this reason)

   Synonyms: portanto, por isso

   Penso, logo existo.

   I think, therefore I am.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɔɡu
• Hyphenation: lo‧go

logo

1. first-person singular present indicative of logar

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

• Hyphenation: lo‧go

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.

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.

• “logo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “logo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French logo.

logo n (plural logouri)

1. logo

From Proto-Oceanic *roŋoR (compare Hawaiian lono (“news”), Fijian rogo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *deŋeʀ (compare Indonesian dengar (“to hear, listen”)).

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)

• IPA^(key): /ˈloɡo/ [ˈlo.ɣ̞o]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɡo
• Syllabification: lo‧go

logo

1. first-person singular present indicative of logar

Clipping of logotipo, similar to English logo.

logo m (plural logos)

1. clipping of logotipo

• “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.

Clipping of logotyp, borrowed from English logotype.

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

logo

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

Borrowed from English logo.

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

logo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜄᜓ)

1. logo; logotype

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

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

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

logo

1. gong, bell
2. news, story

logo

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

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 188

From English logo.^[1]

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

logo (definite accusative logoyu, plural logolar)

1. logo

   Synonym: imlek

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