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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Lego.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
(trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Lego set
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plaything, toy
History
Name of a company founded in 1934, shortened from Danish leg godt (literally “play well”). Coincidentally, the word also means “I put together” in Latin (see legō).
Across languages
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
