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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛlˈpiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: LP
Noun
LP (countable and uncountable, plural LPs)
- (music, countable) Initialism of long-play.
- Synonyms: album, record, licorice pizza
- Coordinate terms: EP, SLP, SP, 33, 45, 78, single
- (business, law) Initialism of limited partnership.
- Coordinate terms: LLP, LLLP, LLC
- Liquid petroleum, or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
- Liquid propane.
- (aerospace) Initialism of landing pad.
- Coordinate terms: LPD, LPV
- (military) Abbreviation of listening post.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of lumbar puncture.
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of linear programming.
- (Internet) Abbreviation of landing page.
- (online gaming, Internet) Initialism of let's play.
- Initialism of little person.
- (finance) Abbreviation of liquidity provider.
- Synonyms: MM, market maker
- (programming) Initialism of literate programming.
- Initialism of lactase persistence.
Proper noun
LP
- (US, politics, uncountable) The Libertarian Party of the United States.
- (Australia) Initialism of Liberal Party.
- (Philippine politics) Initialism of Liberal Party.
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Chinese
Etymology
Initialism of Hokkien 𡳞脬 (lān-pha, “scrotum”).
Pronunciation
Noun
LP
- (Taiwanese Mandarin, euphemistic) cojones; courage; machismo; chutzpah
到底是這些熱愛「中華民國」的政客沒有LP,還是多年來原來只是嘴巴喊喊、騙騙選票?
到底是这些热爱「中华民国」的政客没有LP,还是多年来原来只是嘴巴喊喊、骗骗选票? - From: 2005, Tseng Tsung-kai (曾琮愷), Liberty Times: 中華民國 真的消失了 (Editorial: The Republic of China has disappeared)
- Dàodǐ shì zhè xiē rè'ài “Zhōnghuámínguó” de zhèngkè méiyǒu LP, háishì duōnián lái yuánlái zhǐshì zuǐbā hǎn hǎn, piàn piàn xuǎnpiào?
- Is it really that these crooked politicians, who profess their love for the ROC, just don't have the cojones, or is it all just empty talk, and they've been lying to us all these years just to get votes?
Verb
LP
- (Taiwanese Mandarin, euphemistic) to brownnose; to kiss up to
Usage notes
- The Hokkien word 𡳞脬 (lān-pha) is considered too crude for polite company. Therefore, LP is often used in its place (similar to the usage of "f-word" in English).
References
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Noun
LP (plural LP-LP)
- initialism of lembaga pemasyarakatan
Lithuanian
Proper noun
LP f
- (politics) initialism of Laisvės partija
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Abbreviation.
Noun
LP nvir pl (indeclinable)
- (military, in the plural) abbreviation of Legiony Polskie, a Polish military formation founded by Józef Piłsudzki
2008, Paweł Kosiński, “Legiony to żołnierska nuta”, in Biuletyn IPN, numbers 5–6, Warszawa: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-02-12, page 53:Jeszcze przez parę lat po wojnie zachował się materialny ślad ich obecności w postaci osady wojennej, zbudowanej w latach 1915–1916 w miejscu postoju Komendy LP, w starym lesie wśród bagien.- For a few years after the war, a material trace of their presence was still preserved in the form of a war settlement, built in 1915–1916 at the site of the PL Headquarters, in an old forest among the marshes.
- (forestry, in the plural) abbreviation of Lasy Państwowe, a a state forestry enterprise that cares for the preservation of the natural and landscape values on managed areas
2005 November 30, (ml), “ Tomaszewski sam zrezygnował”, in Dziennik Bałtycki, Gdańsk: "Polskapresse": Oddział "Prasa Prasa Bałtycka", →ISSN, →OCLC:LP otrzymały las, a spółdzielnia atrakcyjne działki budowlane, na których później stanęły domy m. in. polityków AWS. Drugi proces dotyczy sprzedaży gminnego żwirowiska na Kaszubach i uchylenia kary za nielegalną wycinkę lasu na tym terenie.- The SF received the forest and the cooperative received attractive building plots, on which later houses of, among other things, SEA politicians were erected. The second trial concerns the sale of a communal gravel pit in Kashubia and the revocation of a fine for illegal logging in the area.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Noun
LP n (indeclinable)
- (education) abbreviation of liceum profilowane (“vocational upper secondary school”)
2008 April 7, (EKT), “Dyrektor zespołu bez liceum”, in Dziennik Polski, Kraków: Jagiellonia, →ISSN, →OCLC:Placówka ta od września br. funkcjonować będzie bez liceum profilowanego, które Rada Gminy postanowiła zlikwidować z powodu małego zainteresowania nauką w LP (od dwóch lat do szkoły tej nie było naboru).- As of September this year, the school will operate without the specialised secondary school, which the municipal council decided to abolish due to low interest in studying at the LP (there has been no enrolment at the school for two years).
2003 April 26, Mariusz Urbanek, “Matura z przym rużeniem oka”, in Polityka, number 2398, Warszawa: Polityka - Spółdzielnia Pracy, →ISSN, →OCLC:Mimo to chętnych do LO zgłosiło się znacznie więcej, a w LP wolne miejsca były do końca. Do liceów profilowanych trafiali w efekcie ci uczniowie, którzy nie dostali się gdzie indziej.- Despite this, there were many more applicants for GELs, and there were vacancies in LPs until the end. As a result, those students who did not get in elsewhere ended up in the specialised secondary schools.
2001 September 24, (apol), “Jakie licea profilowane?”, in Polska Gazeta Krakowska, Kraków: "Polskapresse": Oddział "Prasa Krakowska", →ISSN, →OCLC:W Zespole Szkół Mechaniczno-Elektrycznych w Brzesku zostanie utworzone LP o profilach: proakademicki, techniczno-technologiczny i społeczno usługowy .- In the Complex of Mechanical-Electrical Schools in Brzesko, an LP will be established with the following profiles: pro-academic, technical-technological and social-service .
Etymology 3
Learned borrowing from English LP.
Noun
LP m inan (indeclinable)
- (music) abbreviation of long play; płyta długogrająca (“a sound recording album, forming a compositional whole”)
2004, Roman Radoszewski, Piotr Pysiak, Czesław Niemen: kiedy się dziwić przestanę. Monografia artystyczna , 1st revised edition (non-fiction; paperback; in Polish), Warszawa: Iskry, published 2004, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 393:Bierze udział w nagraniu suity „Szalony koń” na debiutanckim LP grupy „Budka Suflera”, „Cień wielkiej góry”, wykonując partie improwizowane na minimoogu.- He takes part in the recording of the suite "Szalony koń" on the debut LP of the group "Budka Suflera" , "Cień wielkiej góry" , performing improvised parts on the minimoog.
2017 March 2, Trojanowicz, Maciej, “Czym się różni EP-ka od singla i longplaya (LP)? ”, in Troyann.pl (blog), Pixels On Fire.pl, archived from the original on 2020-10-23, Album długogrający / longplay / LP:Niektórzy przyjmują jednak, że LP zaczyna się od ośmiu utworów, co w wielu przypadkach jest kompletną bzdurą, bo są artyści, którzy wydają albumy zawierające 6-7 utworów, których łączna długość jednak przekracza nawet godzinę.- However, some people assume that an LP starts with eight tracks, which in many cases is complete nonsense, as there are artists who release albums with six to seven tracks whose total length, however, exceeds even an hour.
Further reading
- LP in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- LP in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from English LP.
Noun
LP m (plural LPs)
- LP; long-play (33 rpm vinyl record)
Etymology 2
Initialism.
Noun
LP f (uncountable)
- initialism of língua portuguesa
Spanish
Noun
LP m (plural LP)
- (music) LP
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