Logos

See also: logos and loĝos

English

Etymology

From logos.

Proper noun

Logos

1. (philosophy) In Ancient Greek philosophy, the rational principle that governs the cosmos.
2. (Christianity) The Word of God, which itself has creative power; a hypostasis associated with divine wisdom.
3. (Christianity) The Word of God as incarnate in Jesus Christ, or as identified with the second person of the Trinity; Jesus; God the Son; Word of God.

Coordinate terms

• rhema

Translations

rational principle in Ancient Greek philosophy

• Finnish: logos (fi)
• Greek: λόγος (el) m (lógos)
• Icelandic: rök n pl, hin hinstu rök n pl
• Portuguese: Logos m
• Serbo-Croatian: lȏgos (sh) m
• Turkish: logos (tr), deyi (tr)
• Ukrainian: ло́гос (uk) m (lóhos)

(Christianity) the Word of God

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 道 (yue) (dou⁶)

  Mandarin: 道 (zh) (Dào)

• Finnish: Sana, Logos
• Greek: Λόγος (el) m (Lógos)
• Persian: وخش (fa) (vaxš), وحی (fa) (vahy)
• Portuguese: Logos m
• Serbo-Croatian: lȏgos (sh) m
• Turkish: logos (tr), deyi (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ло́гос m (Lóhos)

(Christianity) the word of God as incarnate

• Albanian: Fjala
• Arabic: كلمة الله
• Armenian: բան (hy) (ban)
• Burmese: နှုတ်ကပတ်တော်သည် (hnutka.pattausany)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 道 (yue) (dou⁶)

  Mandarin: 道 (zh) (Dào)

• Danish: Ordet
• Finnish: Logos
• German: Logos (de)
• Greek: Λόγος (el) m (Lógos)
• Hindi: शब्द (hi) m (śabd)
• Hungarian: Íge, Ige
• Icelandic: orðið n
• Indonesian: Firman
• Japanese: 言 (ja) (kotoba)
• Korean: 말씀 (ko) (malsseum)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: وشەکە (wşeke)

• Odia: ବାକ୍ୟ (or) (bākya)
• Persian: کلمه (fa) (kalame)
• Portuguese: Logos m
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਬਦ (pa) m (śabad)
• Serbo-Croatian: lȏgos (sh) m, Reč, Riječ
• Sinhalese: වාක්‍යයාණෝ (wākyayāṇō)
• Tajik: Калом (Kalom)
• Urdu: کلام (ur) m (kalām)
• Vietnamese: Thiên Ngôn

Anagrams

• slogo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech; utterance”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɡus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɡus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɡuʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɡos/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɡuʃ/ [ˈlo.ɣuʃ]

• Homophone: logos

Proper noun

Logos m

1. (philosophy) Logos (rational principle in Ancient Greek philosophy)
2. (Christianity) Logos (the word of God)