L

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L
Codepoint	U+004C
K ← Basic Latin → M

See also Appendix:Variations of "l", ㄴ, and ℓ

Translingual

Wikipedia

Letter

L upper case (lower case l)

1. The twelfth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter L):  Ĺĺ  Ľľ  Ļļ  Ḷḷ  Ḹḹ  Ḽḽ  Ḻḻ  Łł  Ŀŀ  Ƚƚ  Ⱡⱡ  Ɫɫ  ɬ  ᶅ  ɭ  ȴ  ʟ  Ｌｌ  fl  ffl  ℔  LJLjlj  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ

Symbol

L or l

1. Symbol for liter or litre.
2. Symbol for the Roman numeral 50; Previous XLIX 49, Next LI 51
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for leucine

Synonyms

• (Roman numeral): ↆ (obsolete)

See also

Other representations of L:

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of L, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase L in Fraktur

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter) IPA: /ɛl/, SAMPA: /El/
• (phoneme) IPA: /l/, /ɫ/

• Audio (US)

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Audio (UK)

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Letter

L uppercase (lowercase l)

1. The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz ^[edit]

Number

L upper case (lower case l)

1. The ordinal number twelfth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Noun

L

1. (sports) The statistic for the number of losses by a team or player limited by some criteria (e.g. this season, at home, on turf)
2. Alternative spelling of el (elevated train).
   • 1925 February 21, "Co-operation" (cartoon), The New Yorker, page 2,

     PLEASE! HELP US KEEP THE "L" AND SUBWAY CLEAN

Derived terms

• (sports): OTL

See also

• (sports): T , W , OTW

Abbreviation

L

1. (US politics) Libertarian.

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American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe L)

1. The letter L

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Azeri

Letter

L upper case (lower case l)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz ^[edit]

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ɛl/

Letter

L (capital, lowercase l)

1. The twelfth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous: K
• Next: M

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Esperanto

Letter

L upper case (lower case l)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called lo and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz ^[edit]

Abbreviation

L

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of li (“he”).

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Finnish

Abbreviation

L

1. laudatur

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Galician

Abbreviation

L

1. leste (east)

Synonyms

• (east): E

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔɛl/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The twelth letter of the German alphabet.

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA: /ˈɛlle/, SAMPA: /"Elle/
• (phoneme) IPA: /l/, SAMPA: /l/

Letter

L m. and f. inv. (lower case l)

1. The tenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called elle and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) lettera; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, (Jj), (Kk), Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, (Ww), (Xx), (Yy), Zz ^[edit]
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Italian alphabet

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /el/

Letter

L (capital, lowercase l)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /l/. Preceded by K and followed by M.

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Slovene

Wikipedia ^sl

Letter

L (capital, lowercase l)

1. The 13th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by K and followed by M.

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /l/
• (letter name): IPA: /læːn/

Letter

L upper case (lower case l)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called laan and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The seventeenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by K and followed by M.

See also

• (Latin script letters) '', Bb, Tt, Jj, Xx, KHkh, Dd, Rr, Ss, SHsh, DHdh, Cc, Gg, Ff, Qq, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ww, Hh, Yy, Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu ^[edit]

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Spanish

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The 12th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Turkish

Letter

L upper case (lower case l)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called le and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz ^[edit]