ll

Etymology

Abbreviation of lines; formed similarly to pp for pages.

Noun

ll pl (plural only)

1. lines

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫ/

Letter

ll (upper case Ll)

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

Letter

ll (upper case Ll)

1. (used to represent the sound /ʎ/. See also ŀl.)

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /l̪ˠ/, /l̠ʲ/

Letter

ll (upper case Ll)

1. A digraph in Irish orthography

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎ/

Letter

ll (uppercase Ll)

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

Alternative forms

• ꝇ (ligature)

Letter

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

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

Further reading

• “ll”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ll.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔelje/ [ˈʔɛl.jɛ] (letter name)
    • Rhymes: -elje
  • IPA^(key): /lj/ [lj] (phoneme)
  • IPA^(key): /j/ [j] (phoneme, obsolete)

Letter

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

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

Alternative forms

• ỻ (archaic, usually Middle Welsh)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɛɬ/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /ɬ/

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

• Ll at the beginning of words mutates to L in a soft mutation, but is unchanged by nasal mutation and aspirate mutation, for example with the word llawen (“merry”):

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

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