LL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ll"

English

Noun

LL

1. Abbreviation of limited license.
2. Abbreviation of lower level.
3. (sociolinguistics) Abbreviation of linguistic landscape.
4. (linguistics) Abbreviation of Late Latin.
5. (sports) Abbreviation of lucky loser.
6. Abbreviation of low-lead fuel/gasoline/petrol/avgas.
7. Abbreviation of long live.

Adjective

LL (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of low-lead.

Related terms

• L
• UL

 

Phrase

LL

1. (US, military) Short for lesson learned.

Further reading

• linguistic landscape on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Ꝇ (ligature)

Letter

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

1. elle, the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet, after L and before M

Usage notes

• Since 1994, this letter is treated as two separate L letters for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially dropped by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.

Tagalog

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

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

Usage notes

• Unlike other Spanish dialects, ⟨LL⟩ in Philippine Spanish conforms to lleísmo. However, very early Spanish borrowings (around 16th–17th century) seem to follow yeísmo such as in kabayo (caballo), sibuyas (cebollas), and yawe (llave).

See also

• L