lego

== English == === Noun === lego (countable and uncountable, plural legos) Alternative letter-case form of Lego. === Anagrams === loge, Ogle, Goel, gole, Oleg, goel, Loge, ogle == Bislama == === Etymology === From English let go. === Verb === lego (transitive) to let go of, release, drop (transitive) to leave someone or something, abandon (transitive) to leave a place == Finnish == === Alternative forms === leego, Lego, Leego === Etymology === From Danish LEGO. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈle(ː)ɡo/, [ˈle̞(ː)ɡo̞] Rhymes: -eɡo Syllabification(key): le‧go Hyphenation(key): le‧go === Proper noun === lego Lego, lego, Lego brick (type of plastic toy brick) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== leego (“tooth”) (slang) == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Esperanto leĝo, French loi, Italian legge, Spanish ley. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleɡo/ === Noun === lego (plural legi) law ==== Derived terms ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈle.ɡo/ Rhymes: -eɡo Hyphenation: lé‧go === Verb === lego first-person singular present indicative of legare === Noun === lego m (invariable) Lego === Anagrams === gelo, gelò, gole == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti, from the root *leǵ- (“to gather”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “to speak, to choose, to mean”) and Albanian mbledh. May be related to lēx. For sense 6 (“to read”), compare typologically разбира́ть (razbirátʹ), разбира́ться (razbirátʹsja) (< брать (bratʹ)), разбо́рчивый (razbórčivyj) (по́черк (póčerk)). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫɛ.ɡoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.ɡo] ==== Verb ==== legō (present infinitive legere, perfect active lēgī, supine lēctum); third conjugation to collect, gather, bring together, catch Synonyms: cōgō, contrahō, cōnferō, congerō, coniungō, concieō, cōnserō, convehō, cōnstruō, glomerō, concitō, colligō to choose, select Synonyms: dēligō, ēligō, optō, adoptō, dēsūmō, sēpōnō, dēstinō, sūmō, capiō, creō to appoint Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō to take out, pick out, extract, remove to take to one's self unjustly, carry off, steal, purloin, plunder, abstract Synonyms: āmoveō, removeō, adimō, dēmō, eximō, tollō, auferō, āvertō, abdūcō, excipiō, extrahō, ēvehō to read Librōs lege. ― Read books. Lēgistīne hunc librum? ― Have you read this book? Graecum est; nōn legitur. ― It's Greek; it cannot be read. (Medieval Latin) to teach, profess Synonyms: doceō, discō, īnstruō, ēducō, ērudiō, ēdoceō, magistrō, fingō to be bound, fettered, detained ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From lēx (“a formal motion for a law”) + -ō. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫeː.ɡoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.ɡo] ==== Verb ==== lēgō (present infinitive lēgāre, perfect active lēgāvī, supine lēgātum); first conjugation to dispatch, send as ambassador to send on mission to assign as a legatus to delegate, entrust, assign, deputize Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, impertiō, discrībō, elēgō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, attribuō, appōnō, addīcō to appoint by a last will or testament, leave or bequeath as a legacy ===== Conjugation ===== 1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Catalan: llegar English: legate Italian: legare → Portuguese: legar Spanish: legar Gallo-Italic: Romagnol: lighêr === References === === Further reading === “lego”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “lego”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers lego in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication “lego”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== lego m (definite singular legoen, uncountable) alternative letter-case form of LEGO === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== lègo f (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of lègu == Old Leonese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lāicus, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʎe.ɡo(u)/ === Noun === lego m layman ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: llegu == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡɔ/ Rhymes: -ɛɡɔ Syllabification: le‧go === Noun === lego vocative singular of lega == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛɡu Hyphenation: le‧go === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English Lego, from Danish Lego. ==== Alternative forms ==== Lego ==== Noun ==== lego m (plural legos) Lego (small, coloured plastic toy bricks made by the Lego Company) (genericized trademark) any similar brick toy (figurative) things that can be assembled together to form a larger thing === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== lego first-person singular present indicative of legar === Further reading === “lego”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleɡo/ [ˈle.ɣ̞o] Rhymes: -eɡo Syllabification: le‧go === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish lego, from Latin lāicus, borrowed from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós). Doublet of laico. ==== Adjective ==== lego (feminine lega, masculine plural legos, feminine plural legas) ignorant, lay ==== Noun ==== lego m (plural legos, feminine lega, feminine plural legas) layman === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== lego first-person singular present indicative of legar === Further reading === “lego”, 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 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleː.ɡu/ === Noun === lego n Lego In compound words; an ablaut of lega (“hired; contracted”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== legobit (“lego, piece of lego”) legokloss (“lego, lego brick”) === Anagrams === geol., loge