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Translingual
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.
See also
Symbol
L
- (measurement, SI) liter, litre.
- (biochemistry, IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation) leucine
- (set theory) Constructible universe
- (computer science) Deterministic logarithmic space
- (physics) inductance
- (astronomy, physics, measurement, cgs) lambert
- (linguistics) low tone
- (linguistics) A wildcard for a lateral or liquid consonant
- (Voice Quality Symbols) position of the larynx (modified for raised, lowered)
- (usually clothing) large (the manufactured size)
Gallery
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of L, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase L in Fraktur
See also
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English
Pronunciation
- (name of letter) IPA(key): /ɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /l/
- (main allophones) IPA(key): [l], [ɫ]
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (UK) (file)
Letter
See also
Number
L (upper case, lower case l)
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Noun
L
- (sports) The statistic for the number of losses by a team or player limited by some criteria (e.g. this season, at home, on turf).
- Alternative form of el (“elevated train”).
- 1925 February 21, “Co-operation”, in The New Yorker (cartoon), page 2:
- PLEASE! HELP US KEEP THE "L" AND SUBWAY CLEAN
- (US, politics) Abbreviation of Libertarian.
- Initialism of left.
- Initialism of Latin.
- (usually clothing, singular only) Initialism of large (the manufactured size or an item of that size).
- Initialism of lira.
- Initialism of loss.
- Initialism of lobby.
- Abbreviation of low pressure front.
- (textiles) Initialism of ligne.
- Initialism of lesbian.
- 1983 April 23, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
- L wntd to share spacious JP apt w/veget non-smkng indep quiet L, dog, cat.
- (slang) two cigarette papers laid perpendicularly on each other when making a joint
Derived terms
- (sports): OTL
- (loss): take the L
- (other): L-complex, L-xylulokinase, L-antithrombin
Afar
Letter
L
- The sixteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.
Azerbaijani
Letter
L upper case (lower case l)
Central Franconian
Etymology
- /l/ is from West Germanic *l.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l/
Letter
L
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes
- In the German-based spelling, l is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, l is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
Chinese
Etymology 1
Initialism of 撚.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Pronunciation 1
Letter
L
- The twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
Usage notes
- 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
- The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
- The official pronunciation defined in 《汉语拼音方案》, ㄝㄌ (ê̄l), is not a valid syllable in Pinyin.
Chipewyan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɮ/
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛl/
Audio (file)
Elfdalian
Alternative forms
- ᛚ, L (Dalecarlian runes)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /lo/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /l/
Audio (file)
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
Estonian
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
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.
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
See also
German
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɛl/
Audio (file)
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈl]
- (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛlː]
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | L | L-ek |
accusative | L-et | L-eket |
dative | L-nek | L-eknek |
instrumental | L-lel | L-ekkel |
causal-final | L-ért | L-ekért |
translative | L-lé | L-ekké |
terminative | L-ig | L-ekig |
essive-formal | L-ként | L-ekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | L-ben | L-ekben |
superessive | L-en | L-eken |
adessive | L-nél | L-eknél |
illative | L-be | L-ekbe |
sublative | L-re | L-ekre |
allative | L-hez | L-ekhez |
elative | L-ből | L-ekből |
delative | L-ről | L-ekről |
ablative | L-től | L-ektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
L-é | L-eké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
L-éi | L-ekéi |
Possessive forms of L | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | L-em | L-jeim |
2nd person sing. | L-ed | L-jeid |
3rd person sing. | L-je | L-jei |
1st person plural | L-ünk | L-jeink |
2nd person plural | L-etek | L-jeitek |
3rd person plural | L-jük | L-jeik |
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.
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l/
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛl/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /l/
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
Italian
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)
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 (upper case, lower case l)
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
- IPA(key): [l]
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Malay
Pronunciation
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ɛl]
- (Phoneme) IPA(key): [l]
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
- IPA(key): /l/
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
Portuguese
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l/
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
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).
Saanich
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l/, /lʼ/
Scottish Gaelic
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
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 (upper case, lower case l)
Slovene
Letter
L (capital, lowercase l)
- The 13th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by K and followed by M.
Spanish
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔel/ [ˈʔɛl] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- Rhymes: -el
- IPA(key): /ˈla/ [ˈla] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
- Rhymes: -a
- IPA(key): /ˈʔele/ [ˈʔɛ.lɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
- Rhymes: -ele
- IPA(key): /l/ [l] (phoneme)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔel/ [ˈʔɛl] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎ᜔)
- The twelfth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called el and written in the Latin script.
See also
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l, Baybayin spelling ᜎ)
- The ninth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called la and written in the Latin script.
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒ)
- (historical) The thirteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the 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 (upper case, lower case l)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ləː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ləː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ləː˨˩]
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ɛl/
- (informal) IPA(key): /l/
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
Mutation
- L cannot be mutated in Welsh.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â 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, Î î, 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), chapter L, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yoruba
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
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 (upper case, lower case l)