L

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

Translingual

Letter

L (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  Sſs  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

Numeral

L

1. Roman numeral fifty (50)
2. the fiftieth (50th)

Symbol

L

1. Symbol for liter or litre.
2. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for leucine
3. (set theory) Constructible universe
4. (computer science) Deterministic logarithmic space
5. (physics) inductance

Synonyms

• (liter, litre): l
• (Roman numeral): ↆ (obsolete)

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Normal and italic L
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase L in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of L:

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter) IPA^(key): /ɛl/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /l/
• (main allophones) IPA^(key): [l], [ɫ]

• Audio (US):

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Letter

L (upper case, lower case l, plural Ls or L's)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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

Abbreviation

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

3. (US, politics) Abbreviation of Libertarian.
4. Abbreviation of Latin.
5. Abbreviation of lira.
6. Abbreviation of low pressure front.
7. Abbreviation of lobby.
8. Abbreviation of left.

Derived terms

• (sports): OTL
• (sports): take the L

See also

• (sports): T, W, OTW

Adjective

L

1. Abbreviation of left.
2. (linguistics) low (variety of a language with limited prestige and official acceptance)

   an L variety

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Afar

Letter

L

1. The sixteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe L)

1. The letter L

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Azerbaijani

Letter

L upper case (lower case l)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛl/

• Audio:

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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; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

Pronoun

L

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

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Estonian

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The twelfth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ell and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

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Finnish

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Noun

L

1. Abbreviation of laudatur.

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Galician

Noun

L m

1. Abbreviation of leste (“east”).

Synonyms

• (east): E

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German

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛl/

• Audio:

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Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The twelfth letter of the German alphabet.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

L m

1. Abbreviation of Liter.

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German Sign Language

Etymology

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "L".

Production

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “L” shape.

Letter

1. the letter L

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

L (lower case l)

1. The twelfth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Italian

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlle/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

L m or f (invariable, 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; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l]

Audio:

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Letter

L

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛl]
• IPA^(key): [l]

Letter

L

1. The twelfth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Portuguese

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The twelfth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /el/

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

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Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/, /lʼ/

Letter

L

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ,

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

L (lower case l)

1. The twentieth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Slovene

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^(key): /l/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /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) ʼ, B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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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; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ləː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ləː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ləː˨˩]
• Phonetic: e lờ

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Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-lờ, lờ cao, or lờ and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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Zulu

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The twelfth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z