Lego
pronunciation
How to pronounce Lego in British English:
UK ['leɡəu]
How to pronounce Lego in American English:
US ['leɡoʊ]
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- Noun:
- (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
Word Origin
- Lego
- 1954, proprietary name (in use since 1934, according to the company), from Danish phrase leg godt "play well." The founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen, didn't realize until later that the word meant "I study" or "I put together" in Latin.
Example
- 1. It is the world 's biggest lego space shuttle .
- 2. Lego executives must laugh when they hear such sentiments .
- 3. The lego car works with the theme park to bring messages of driving safety to the park 's 1.3 million annual visitors .
- 4. I got him a lego blaster game .
- 5. The result was a clunky lego drone .