L

Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌋 (l, “el”), from the Ancient Greek letter Λ (L, “lambda”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤋 (l, “lamed”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌅.

Letter

L (lower case l)

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

Numeral

L

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

Symbol

L

2. (measurement, SI) litre, liter.
3. (biochemistry, IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation) leucine
4. (set theory) Constructible universe
5. (computer science) Deterministic logarithmic space
6. (physics) inductance
7. (astronomy, physics, measurement, cgs) lambert
8. (linguistics) low tone
9. (linguistics) A wildcard for a lateral or liquid consonant
10. (Voice Quality Symbols) position of the larynx (modified for raised, lowered)
11. (usually clothing) large (the manufactured size)

    Coordinate terms: XXS, XS, S, M, XL, XLT, XXL, XXXL

Gallery

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

See also

Character=L

Other representations of L:

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛl/

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

Noun

L (plural L's, diminutive L'etjie)

1. L

Letter

L upper case (lower case l)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ele/, [e̞.le̞]

Letter

L (upper case, lower 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 (upper case, lower case l)

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

Etymology

• /l/ is from West Germanic *l.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

L

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

L (lower case l)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Etymology 1

Initialism of 撚.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /ɮ/

Letter

L (lower case l)

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

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

Alternative forms

• ᛚ, L (Dalecarlian runes)

Letter

L (upper case L, lower case l)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/

• Audio:

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Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The twelfth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ell and 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.

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.

Noun

L

1. Abbreviation of laudatur.

Adjective

L

1. Abbreviation of laktoositon (“lactose-free”) (e.g. in restaurant menus).

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

Noun

L m

1. Abbreviation of leste (“east”).

   Synonym: E

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

L (upper case, lower 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.

Letter

L (lower case l)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

L (lower 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 (upper case, lower case l)

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

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlle
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

L f or m (invariable, upper case, 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

Etymology

From the initial letter of English large, litre, and left.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エル [éꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

L(エル) • (eru) 

1. large size

   Coordinate terms: S (esu), M (emu)

2. Abbreviation of リットル (rittoru, “litre”).
3. left

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 (upper case, lower 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 (upper case, lower case l)

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

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

Symbol

L

1. A digit 50 in the decimal Roman numeral system.

See also

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

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 (upper case, lower case l)

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

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ɛl]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [l]

Letter

L

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

Letter

L (lower case l)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

L (upper case, lower 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 (upper case, lower case l)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/

Letter

L (upper case, lower 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 (upper case, lower case l)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l/, /lʼ/

Letter

L

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

Letter

L (upper case, lower 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”).

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 (upper case, lower case l)

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

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