noun
Lego
LEH-goh
noun
1
Small interlocking plastic building bricks, best known under the Lego brand, used to construct toy models.
"The kids spent the afternoon building a castle out of Lego."
"He still keeps a box of Lego from his childhood."
How to Use Lego
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe brand of interlocking plastic bricks used to build toy models, often used generically for the bricks themselves.
Common mistake
Lego is technically a trademark and, strictly, an uncountable/collective noun in British usage ("some Lego", not "some Legos"), though "Legos" is common in American English.
Word Forms
Legos plural
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Etymology
From the Danish toy company Lego, whose name was shortened from the Danish phrase leg godt, "play well". Coincidentally, lego is also a Latin word meaning "I put together".