L

L U+004C, L LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L ← K [U+004B] Basic Latin M → [U+004D]

Ⅼ U+216C, Ⅼ ROMAN NUMERAL FIFTY ← Ⅻ [U+216B] Number Forms Ⅽ → [U+216D]

Ｌ U+FF2C, Ｌ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L ← Ｋ [U+FF2B] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｍ → [U+FF2D]

See also: Appendix:Variations of "l", ㄴ, and ℓ

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TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

L (lower case l)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter L):  Ĺĺ  Ľľ  Ļļ  Ḷḷ  Ḹḹ  Ḽḽ  Ḻḻ  Łł  Ŀŀ  Ƚƚ  Ⱡⱡ  Ɫɫ  ɬ  ᶅ  ɭ  ȴ  ʟ  Ｌｌ  fl  ffl  ℔  LJLjlj  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ

NumeralEdit

L

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

SymbolEdit

L

1. Symbol for liter or litre.
2. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for leucine
3. (set theory) Constructible universe
4. (computer science) Deterministic logarithmic space

SynonymsEdit

• (liter, litre): l
• (Roman numeral): ↆ (obsolete)

See alsoEdit

Other representations of L:

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of L, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase L in Fraktur

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter) IPA^(key): /ɛl/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /l/
• (main allophones) IPA^(key): [l], [ɫ]

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Audio (UK)

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LetterEdit

L (upper case, lower case l, plural Ls or L's)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, 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, Y y, Z z

NumberEdit

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The ordinal number twelfth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

L

1. (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)
2. Alternative spelling of el (“elevated train”)
   • 1925 February 21, "Co-operation" (cartoon), The New Yorker, page 2,

     PLEASE! HELP US KEEP THE "L" AND SUBWAY CLEAN

Derived termsEdit

• (sports): OTL

See alsoEdit

• (sports): T, W, OTW

AbbreviationEdit

L

1. (US, politics) Libertarian.
2. Latin Language
3. Lira
4. Low Pressure Front
5. Left
6. Lobby
7. Liber
8. (linguistics) low (variety of a language with limited prestige and official acceptance)

   an L variety

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AfarEdit

LetterEdit

1. The sixteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See AlsoEdit

• (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

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American Sign LanguageEdit

LetterEdit

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe L)

1. The letter L

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AzeriEdit

LetterEdit

L upper case (lower case l)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛl/

• Audio

  (file)

LetterEdit

L (capital, lowercase l)

1. The twelfth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

• Previous: K
• Next: M

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EsperantoEdit

LetterEdit

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

AbbreviationEdit

L

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of li (“he”).

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

AbbreviationEdit

L

1. laudatur

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GalicianEdit

AbbreviationEdit

L

1. leste (east)

SynonymsEdit

• (east): E

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GermanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛl/

• Audio

  (file)

LetterEdit

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The twelfth letter of the German alphabet.

Etymology 2Edit

Abbreviation.

NounEdit

L m

1. Abbreviation of Liter.

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German Sign LanguageEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "L".

ProductionEdit

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “L” shape.

LetterEdit

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter L

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /l/

LetterEdit

L (lower case l)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, 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, Y y, Z z

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

L m, f (invariable, lower case l)

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

See alsoEdit

• (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

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LatvianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [l]

(file)

LetterEdit

L

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

See alsoEdit

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

L

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, 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, Y y, Z z

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PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a, (Á á), (À à), ( â), (àã), B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, (É é), (Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i, (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, (Ó ó), (Ô ô), (Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /el/

LetterEdit

L (capital, lowercase l)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /l/. Preceded by K and followed by M.

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SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /l/, /lʼ/

LetterEdit

L

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /l/

LetterEdit

L (lower case l)

1. The twentieth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (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

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SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

L (capital, lowercase l)

1. The 13th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by K and followed by M.

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SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

L upper case (lower case l)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called laan and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

1. The seventeenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by K and followed by M.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The 12th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called le and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ l̪əːɰ˨˩], [l̪əːɰ˨˩ kaːw˧˧], [l̪əːɰ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ləːɰ˧˧], [ləːɰ˧˧ kaːw˧˧], [ləːɰ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˥ l̻ʲəːɰ˨˩], [l̻ʲəːɰ˨˩ kaːw˧˥], [l̻ʲəːɰ˨˩]
• Phonetic: e lờ, lờ cao, lờ

LetterEdit

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-lờ, lờ cao, or lờ and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a, (À à), (Ả ả), (àã), (Á á), (Ạ ạ), Ă ă, (Ằ ằ), (Ẳ ẳ), (Ẵ ẵ), (Ắ ắ), (Ặ ặ),  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)

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, 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, Y y, Z z