l

Letter

l (upper case L)

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Gallery

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

See also

• ɮ (lezh)

Other representations of L:

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

1. (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɛl/.
2. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of will.
3. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of well.
4. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of all.
5. (Stenoscript) the suffix -ly or word-final syllable /liː/.

Etymology 3

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ele/, [e̞.le̞]

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. The twelfth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ele and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.le], [ˈel]

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. The twelfth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ela, ele, or el and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

l (upper case L)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /ɮ/

Letter

l (upper case L)

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

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛl
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛl/

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. the twelfth letter of the Dutch alphabet

Noun

l m (plural l'en, diminutive l'etje n)

1. (euphemistic) Short for lul or any other word starting with an l.

See also

• Previous letter: k
• Next letter: m

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/

• Audio:

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Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelː/

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

l (upper case L)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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/, [ˈæl] (letter name)
• IPA^(key): /ˈælːæ/, [ˈælːæ] (letter name)

• Audio: äl, lahdelma, pallo, äl:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æl

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛl/

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

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

Romanization

l

1. Romanization of 𐌻

Etymology

Contraction of li, from French lui.

Pronoun

l

1. Contraction of li.

Alternative forms

• (letter name) lā

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː/

Letter

l

1. The eighth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈl]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈɛlː]

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ell and written in the Latin script.

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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Letter

l (upper case L)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, 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, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /le/

Letter

l (upper case L)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

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

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. The tenth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

l f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case L)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog l. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English l.

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ʔel/ [ʔel]
  • Rhymes: -el
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /l/ [l]

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

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

References

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

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)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Article

l m (singular)

1. the

See also

• la, l'
• i
• les

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the sound /l/

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 (lower case, upper case L)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

l (upper case L)

1. 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

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. 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

Article

l m pl (plural ls, feminine la, feminine plural las)

1. the (definite article)

   l cochino come maçanas

   the pig eats apples

Letter

l (upper case L)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l]

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

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

See also

• (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /elː/, /ɛlː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/, /ɭ/, /ɽ/

• Audio:

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Letter

l

1. The 12th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl/

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. 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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil):

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Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. The twelfth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
   1. (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, senholes, muito estlanhos, não? Este lugar muito peligoso! Ninguém usa agola, tem mais de cem fontes aqui. E cada uma delas tem uma lenda telivelmente tlágica!

        Chinese man: [speaking in broken Portuguese] 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. (International Standard) The sixteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The seventeenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called el, le, or lî and written in the Latin script.

Letter

l (lower case, upper case L)

1. 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”).

Alternative forms

• L (uppercase)

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

l (Cyrillic spelling л)

1. The 16th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by k and followed by lj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬ/

Letter

l (upper case L)

1. 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.

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)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

l (upper 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l]

Letter

l (upper case L)