English

Lego bricks.

Alternative forms

• LEGO, lego

Noun

Lego ‎(countable and uncountable, plural Legos)

1. Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks made by the Lego Company that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.

Usage notes

The plural form Legos is chiefly American. Other regions tend to use the uncountable form, or to speak of Lego bricks and Lego sets.

Translations

Derived terms

• Lego brick
• Legoland

See also

• Official Lego website

Anagrams

• loge, ogle

References

1. ↑ http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/lego-group/the_lego_history

Portuguese

Noun

Lego m (plural Legos)

1. Alternative spelling of lego

English

Noun

lego ‎(countable and uncountable, plural legos)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Lego

Finnish

Etymology

< Danish LEGO

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɡo/
• IPA^(key): /ˈleːɡo/
• Hyphenation: le‧go

Alternative forms

• leego, Lego, Leego

Noun

lego

1. LEGO, lego (type of plastic toy brick)

Declension

Italian

Verb

lego

1. first-person singular indicative present tense of legare

Anagrams

• gelo, gelò
• gole

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek λέγω ‎(légō, “I speak, I choose, I mean”) and Albanian mbledh.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡoː/, [ˈɫɛ.ɡoː]

Verb

legō ‎(present infinitive legere, perfect active lēgī, supine lēctum); third conjugation

1. I choose, select, appoint
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 26.1

     […] dum ne quem militem legeret ex eo numero quibus senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negasset ante belli finem.

     […] provided he did not choose any soldier from those to whom the Senate had refused discharge and a return home before the end of the war

2. I collect, gather, bring together
3. I read

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From lēx ‎(“a formal motion for a law”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ɡoː/, [ˈɫeː.ɡoː]

Verb

lēgō ‎(present infinitive lēgāre, perfect active lēgāvī, supine lēgātum); first conjugation

1. I despatch, send as ambassador.
2. I deputize.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Catalan: llegar

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lego”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to read Plato: Platonem legere, lectitare
    
  • to study Plato: Platonem legere et cognoscere
    
  • the reader: legentes, ii qui legunt
    
  • to leave money to a person in one's will: pecuniam alicui legare
    
  • a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
    
  • to elect to the senate: in senatum legere, eligere
    
  • to levy recruits to fill up the strength: supplementum cogere, scribere, legere
    
  • to hug the coast: oram legere (Liv. 21. 51)
    
  • (ambiguous) this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us: ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
    
  • (ambiguous) the rules of speech, grammar: leges dicendi
    
  • (ambiguous) to hold by the letter (of the law): verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
    
  • (ambiguous) the constitution: instituta et leges
    
  • (ambiguous) to give the state a constitution: civitati leges, iudicia, iura describere
    
  • (ambiguous) to bring a bill before the notice of the people: legem, rogationem promulgare (Liv. 33. 46)
    
  • (ambiguous) to propose a law in the popular assembly: legem ferre or simply ferre ad populum, ut...
    
  • (ambiguous) to support a bill (before the people): legem suadere (opp. dissuadere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to support a bill (before the people): pro lege dicere
    
  • (ambiguous) to formally propose a law to the people: legem rogare or rogare populum (cf. sect. XVI. 4, note Aulus Gellius...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to carry a law (said of the magistrate): legem perferre (Liv. 33. 46)
    
  • (ambiguous) to reject a bill: legem antiquare (opp. accipere, iubere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to vote for a law: legem sciscere (Planc. 14. 35)
    
  • (ambiguous) to ratify a law (used of the people): legem iubere
    
  • (ambiguous) to let a bill become law (of the people and senate): legem sancire
    
  • (ambiguous) Solo ordained by law that..: Solo lege sanxit, ut or ne
    
  • (ambiguous) to replace an old law by a new: legem abrogare (Att. 3. 23. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) to abolish a law: legem tollere (Leg. 2. 12. 31)
    
  • (ambiguous) to protest against a law (used of the veto, intercessio, of plebeian tribunes): legi intercedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to bring a law before the notice of the people: legem proponere in publicum
    
  • (ambiguous) to engrave a law upon a brazen tablet: legem in aes incīdere
    
  • (ambiguous) to declare a law valid: legem ratam esse iubere
    
  • (ambiguous) to transgress a law: a lege discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) the law says..: in lege scriptum est, or simply est
    
  • (ambiguous) the spirit of the law: sententia or voluntas legis
    
  • (ambiguous) to make laws (of a legislator): leges scribere, facere, condere, constituere (not dare)
    
  • (ambiguous) a legislator: qui leges scribit (not legum lator)
    
  • (ambiguous) to swear obedience to a law: in legem iurare (Sest. 16. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be bound by a law: lege teneri
    
  • (ambiguous) on condition of..: ea lege, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) a thing is illegal: aliquid contra legem est
    
  • (ambiguous) to upset the whole constitution: omnes leges confundere
    
  • (ambiguous) lawlessness; anarchy: leges nullae
    
  • (ambiguous) to go to law with a person: (ex) iure, lege agere cum aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to be condemned under the Lex Plautia: lege Plautia damnari (Sall. Cat. 31. 4)
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ɡu/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Danish Lego.

Alternative forms

• Lego

Noun

lego m (plural legos)

1. Lego (small, coloured plastic toy bricks made by the Lego Company)
2. (trademark generalisation) any similar brick toy
3. (figuratively) things that can be assembled together to form a larger thing

Etymology 2

Verb

lego

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

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin laicus.

Adjective

lego m ‎(feminine singular lega, masculine plural legos, feminine plural legas)

1. ignorant, lay

Noun

lego m ‎(plural legos, feminine lega)

1. layman

Etymology 2

Verb

lego

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of legar.