ll

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English

Etymology

Abbreviation of lines; formed similarly to pp for pages.

Noun

ll pl (plural only)

  1. lines

Albanian

Pronunciation

Letter

ll (upper case Ll)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Irish

Pronunciation

  1. IPA(key): /l̪ˠ/, /l̠ʲ/

Letter

ll (upper case Ll)

  1. A digraph in Irish orthography

Quechua

Pronunciation

Letter

ll (uppercase Ll)

  1. A letter of the Quechua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Spanish

Alternative forms

Letter

ll (lower case, upper case LL, mixed case Ll)

  1. elle, the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet, after l and before m

Usage notes

  • Since 1994, this letter is treated as if it were two separate l letters for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially dropped by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ll.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ll
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈʔelje/,
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /lj/,
  • (phoneme, obsolete): IPA(key): /j/,
  • Rhymes: -elje

Letter

ll (lower case, upper case LL, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ)

  1. (historical) The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called elle and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

See also

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Letter

ll (lower case, upper case Ll)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èll and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by l and followed by m.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llawen lawen unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies