logotype

English

Etymology

From logo- + type.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈləʊ.ɡəʊˌtaɪp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

logotype (plural logotypes)

1. A symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo.

   Synonym: logo

2. (typography) A single type combining two or more letters (as a ligature or otherwise).

   Synonym: ligature

Derived terms

• logotypic

Related terms

• logogram, logograph
• logogrammic, logographic, logographical, logographically
• logography

Translations

symbol used by organization, logo — see also logo

• Catalan: logotip m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標識 / 标识 (zh) (biāozhì)

• Dutch: logo (nl) n
• Esperanto: markemblemo, logotipo sg
• Finnish: logo (fi)
• French: logotype (fr) m, logo (fr) m
• German: Logotyp m
• Greek: λογότυπο (el) n (logótypo), λογότυπος (el) m (logótypos)
• Hungarian: logotípia
• Ido: logotipo
• Indonesian: logotip (id), logotipe
• Italian: logotipo (it) m, logo (it) m
• Japanese: ロゴタイプ (ja) (rogotaipu)
• Korean: 로고타이프 (rogotaipeu)
• Māori: momomoko
• Polish: logotyp (pl) m
• Portuguese: logótipo m, logotipo (pt) m
• Russian: логоти́п (ru) m (logotíp)
• Slovene: logotip m
• Spanish: logotipo (es) m
• Swedish: logotyp (sv) c
• Vietnamese: biểu trưng (vi)

single type two letters, a ligature

• Czech: slitek m, ligatura f
• Dutch: ligatuur (nl) n
• Finnish: ligatuuri (fi)
• French: ligature (fr) f
• German: Ligatur (de) f
• Greek: λογόγραμμα (el) n (logógramma)
• Indonesian: ligatur (id)
• Italian: legatura (it) f
• Portuguese: ligatura (pt) f
• Spanish: logotipo (es) m

References

• “logotype”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• logotype on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.ɡɔ.tip/
• IPA^(key): /lo.ɡo.tip/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

logotype m (plural logotypes)

1. a symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an institution or other entity, usually referred to as a logo

Further reading

• “logotype”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012