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Translingual
Letter
l (upper case L )
The twelfth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet .
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:l .
See also
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Symbol
l
( IPA ) an alveolar lateral approximant .
( superscript ⟨ˡ⟩ ) lateral release ; also -coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic – see ⟨ˡ⟩ .
litre or liter
Synonym: ℓ
The Roman numeral representing 50.
(linear) length (arclength is often denoted with a cursive l)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:l .
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Symbol
l
Ⅼ , the Roman numeral fifty (50 )
See also
Gallery
See also
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English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɛl
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L , plural ls or l's )
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 (lower case , upper case L )
The ordinal number twelfth , derived from this letter of the English alphabet , called el and written in the Latin script .
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
( stenoscript ) the sound sequence /ɛl/.
( stenoscript ) Abbreviation of will .
( stenoscript ) Abbreviation of well .
( stenoscript ) Abbreviation of all .
( stenoscript ) the suffix -ly or word-final syllable /liː/.
Derived terms
Noun
l
Abbreviation of litre /liter .
Abbreviation of pound (sterling ) , derived from Latin libra .
Alternative form: l.
1837 , Joseph Chitty, The Practice of the Law in All Its Principal Departments , page 116 :And where a barrister, in summing up the items proved before him as arbitrator, misadded them, and thereby by mistake omitted 23l . in favour of the plaintiff, the Court, even at the instance of the barrister, would not allow an amendment, the defendant's counsel objecting.
Abbreviation of leaf .
( law ) Abbreviation of line .
Etymology 3
Interjection
l
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) ( Internet slang ) Clipping of lol .
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Letter
l lower case (upper case L )
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
Basque
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The twelfth letter of the Basque alphabet , called ele and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c (Ç ç ), D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ñ ñ , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u (Ü ü ), V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Chipewyan
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɮ/
Letter
l (upper case L )
A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Dutch
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The twelfth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
Noun
l m (plural l'en , diminutive l'etje n )
( euphemistic ) Short for lul or any other word starting with an l .
See also
Previous letter: k
Next letter: m
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
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
Estonian
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
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 )
Faroese
Pronunciation
Letter
l (upper case L )
The fourteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) bókstavur ; A a , Á á , B b , D d , Ð ð , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , Ó ó , P p , R r , S s , T t , U u , Ú ú , V v , Y y , Ý ý , Æ æ , Ø ø
Finnish
Etymology
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information , and l for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈæl/ , ( letter name )
IPA (key ) : /ˈælːæ/ , ( letter name )
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
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
French
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The twelfth letter of the French alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Fula
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
A letter of the Fula alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Usage notes
See also
( Latin-script letters) karfeeje ; ' , A a , B b , Mb mb , Ɓ ɓ , C c , D d , Nd nd , Ɗ ɗ , E e , F f , G g , Ng ng , Ɠ ɠ , H h , I i , J j , Nj nj , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ŋ ŋ , Ñ ñ , Ɲ ɲ , O o , P p , R r , S s , T t , U u , W w , Y y , Ƴ ƴ
Gothic
Romanization
l
Romanization of 𐌻
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Contraction of li , from French lui .
Pronoun
l
Contraction of li .
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The nineteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet , called ell and written in the Latin script .
Declension
See also
( Latin-script letters) betű ; A a , Á á , B b , C c , Cs cs , D d , Dz dz , Dzs dzs , E e , É é , F f , G g , Gy gy , H h , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , Ly ly , M m , N n , Ny ny , O o , Ó ó , Ö ö , Ő ő , P p , R r , S s , Sz sz , T t , Ty ty , U u , Ú ú , Ü ü , Ű ű , V v , Z z , Zs zs . Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y . Commonly used: ch . Also defined: à ë . In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ .
Further reading
l in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Ido
Pronunciation
( context pronunciation ) IPA (key ) : /l/
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /le/
Letter
l (upper case L )
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
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The twelfth letter of the Indonesian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) huruf ; 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
Italian
Letter
l f or m (invariable , lower case , upper case L )
The tenth letter of the Italian alphabet , called elle and written in the Latin script .
Kashubian
Etymology
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and l for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The sixteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ą ą , Ã ã , B b , C c , D d , E e , É é , Ë ë , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n , O o , Ò ò , Ó ó , Ô ô , P p , R r , S s , T t , U u , Ù ù , W w , Y y , Z z , Ż ż
Ladin
Article
l m (singular )
the
See also
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
Letter
L
l (lower case , upper case L )
The eighteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet , called el and written in the Latin script .
See also
Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
burti : A a , Ā ā , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , Ē ē , F f , G g , Ģ ģ , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , Ķ ķ , L l , Ļ ļ , M m , N n , Ņ ņ , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
Livonian
Pronunciation
Letter
l (upper case L )
The seventeenth letter of the Livonian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦ ; A a , Ā ā , Ä ä , Ǟ ǟ , B b , D d , D̦ d̦ , E e , Ē ē , F f , G g , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , L l , Ļ ļ , M m , N n , Ņ ņ , O o , Ō ō , Ȯ ȯ , Ȱ ȱ , Õ õ , Ȭ ȭ , P p , R r , Ŗ ŗ , S s , Š š , T t , Ț ț , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
Malay
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
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
Maltese
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The sixteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) ittra ; A a , B b , Ċ ċ , D d , E e , F f , Ġ ġ , G g , Għ għ , H h , Ħ ħ , I i , Ie ie , 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 , Ż ż , Z z
Mirandese
Article
l m pl (plural ls , feminine la , feminine plural las )
the ( definite article )
l cochino come maçanasthe pig eats apples
Norwegian
Pronunciation
( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /elː/ , /ɛlː/
( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /l/ , /ɭ/ , /ɽ/
Letter
l
The 12th letter of the Norwegian alphabet .
Usage notes
/ɭ/ Retroflex, merge of rl .
/ɽ/ Tjukk L (thick L ), a phenomemon found in the eastern part of Norway, around Oslo and north.
Nupe
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The fifteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) banki ; A a (Á á , À à ), B b , C c , D d , Dz dz , E e (É é , È è ), F f , G g , Gb gb , H h , I i (Í í , Ì ì ), J j , K k , Kp kp , L l , M m (Ḿ ḿ , M̀ m̀ , M̄ m̄ ), N n (Ń ń , Ǹ ǹ , N̄ n̄ ), O o (Ó ó , Ò ò ), P p , R r , S s , Sh sh , T t , Ts ts , U u (Ú ú , Ù ù ), V v , W w , Y y , Z z , Zh zh
Polish
Etymology
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and l for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The fifteenth letter of the Polish alphabet , called el and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ą ą , B b , C c , Ć ć , D d , E e , Ę ę , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n , Ń ń , O o , Ó ó , P p (Q q ), R r , S s , Ś ś , T t , U u (V v ), W w (X x ), Y y , Z z , Ź ź , Ż ż
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The twelfth letter of the Portuguese alphabet , written in the Latin script .
( humorous , possibly offensive ) Sometimes, the consonant r is changed to l when depicting stereotypical speech of a Chinese person
1989 , "O estranho que veio da China", Ranma ½ , episode 1, Brazilian dub
Chinese man: [speaking in broken Portuguese] Vocês, senhol es, muito estl anhos, não? Este lugar muito pel igoso! Ninguém usa agol a, tem mais de cem fontes aqui. E cada uma delas tem uma lenda tel ivelmente tl ágica! Chinese man: You, gentlemen, are very weird, no? This place is very dangerous! Nobody uses it nowadays, it has more than one hundred springs here. And each one has a terribly tragic legend.
See also
( Latin-script letters) letra ; A a (Á á , À à , Â â , Ã ã ), 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
Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
( International Standard ) The sixteenth letter of the Romani alphabet , written in the Latin script .
( Pan-Vlax ) The seventeenth letter of the Romani 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 , X x , I i , J j , K k , Kh kh , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Ph ph , R r , S s , T t , Th th , U u , V v , Z z International Standard: (À à , Ä ä , Ǎ ǎ ), Ć ć , Ćh ćh , (È è , Ë ë , Ě ě ), (Ì ì , Ï ï , Ǐ ǐ ), (Ò ò , Ö ö , Ǒ ǒ ), Rr rr , Ś ś , (Ù ù , Ü ü , Ǔ ǔ ), Ź ź , Ʒ ʒ , Q q , Ç ç , ϴ θ . Pan-Vlax: Č č , Čh čh , Dž dž , (Dź dź ), Ř ř , Š š , (Ś ś ), Ž ž , (Ź ź ) .
Romanian
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The fifteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet , called el , le , or lî and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ă ă , Â â , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , Î î , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , Ș ș , T t , Ț ț , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Scottish Gaelic
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The tenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet , written in the Latin script . It is preceded by i and followed by m . Its traditional name is luis ( “ rowan ” ) .
See also
( Latin-script letters) litir ; A a (À à ), B b (Bh bh ), C c (Ch ch ), D d (Dh dh ), E e (È è ), F f (Fh fh ), G g (Gh gh ), H h , I i (Ì ì ), L l , M m (Mh mh ), N n , O o (Ò ò ), P p (Ph ph ), R r , S s (Sh sh ), T t (Th th ), U u (Ù ù )
( diacritics ) ◌̀
( obsolete vowels ) Á á É é Ó ó
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Letter
l (Cyrillic spelling л )
The 16th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica ), preceded by k and followed by lj .
Seri
Pronunciation
Letter
l (upper case L )
The tenth letter of the Seri alphabet , called heḻe and written in the Latin script .
References
Moser, Mary B. , Marlett, Stephen A. (2010 ) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary ], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN , page 440 .
Silesian
Etymology
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and l for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The fourteenth letter of the Silesian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ã ã , B b , C c , Ć ć , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n , Ń ń , O o , Ŏ ŏ , Ō ō , Ô ô , Õ õ , P p , R r , S s , Ś ś , T t , U u , W w , Y y , Z z , Ź ź , Ż ż
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
Letter
l (upper case L )
The twentieth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) bukva ; A a , Â 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
Spanish
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The twelfth letter of the Spanish alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish l . Each pronunciation has a different source:
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English l .
Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜎ ( la ) .
Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish l .
Pronunciation
( letter name, Filipino alphabet ) : IPA (key ) : /ʔel/ ,
( letter name, Abakada alphabet ) : IPA (key ) : /la/ ,
( letter name, Abecedario ) : IPA (key ) : /ˈʔele/ ,
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L , Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎ᜔ )
The twelfth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet ), called el and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) titik ; 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 , Ñ ñ , Ng ng , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L , Baybayin spelling ᜎ )
The ninth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet ), called la and written in the Latin script .
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L , Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒ )
( historical ) The thirteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario ), called ele and written in the Latin script .
See also
Further reading
chapter L , in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Turkish
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
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
Turkmen
Pronunciation
Letter
l (upper case L )
The fourteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet , called el and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) harp ; A a , B b , Ç ç , D d , E e , Ä ä , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , Ž ž , K k , L l , M m , N n , Ň ň , O o , Ö ö , P p , R r , S s , Ş ş , T t , U u , Ü ü , W w , Y y , Ý ý , Z z
Yoruba
Pronunciation
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
The thirteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet , called lí and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà ; A a (Á á , À à , Ā ā ), B b , D d , E e (É é , È è , Ē ē ), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́ , Ẹ̀ ẹ̀ , Ẹ̄ ẹ̄ ), F f , G g , Gb gb , H h , I i (Í í , Ì ì , Ī ī ), J j , K k , L l , M m (Ḿ ḿ , M̀ m̀ , M̄ m̄ ), N n (Ń ń , Ǹ ǹ , N̄ n̄ ), O o (Ó ó , Ò ò , Ō ō ), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́ , Ọ̀ ọ̀ , Ọ̄ ọ̄ ), P p , R r , S s , Ṣ ṣ , T t , U u (Ú ú , Ù ù , Ū ū ), W w , Y y
( Benin ) ( Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà ; A a , B b , D d , E e , Ɛ ɛ , F f , G g , Gb gb , H h , I i , J j , K k , Kp kp , L l , M m , N n , O o , Ɔ ɔ , P p , R r , S s , Sh sh , T t , U u , W w , Y y
Zulu
Letter
l (lower case , upper case L )
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