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LEGO¹

noun LEGOs

  1. countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Lego

lego²

noun legos

  1. countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Lego

Lego³

  • /ˈlɛɡoʊ/

Where it comes from

Name of a company founded in 1934, shortened from Danish leg godt (literally “play well”). Coincidentally, the word also matches Latin legō, meaning “I put together”.

noun Legos · LEGO · lego

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lakin, limb, brick, matchbox, brickbat, playtoy, thinglet, cheek, little pink, lite, size, lever, peg-leg, little, millwall brick, monkey block

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noun toy brick

Españollego
한국어레고 rego
日本語レゴ rego
中文樂高 /乐高 lègāo, 樂高玩具 /乐高玩具 lègāo wánjù, 樂高積木 /乐高积木 lègāo jīmù
हिन्दीलेगो lego
Portuguêslego
FrançaisLego
DeutschLego, Legostein, Klemmbaustein
Русскийле́го légo
العربيةلِيغُو līḡū, لِيجُو lījū

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@misc{lego_2026,
  title = {lego},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lego},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}