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TranslingualEdit
LetterEdit
l (upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:l.
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
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
IPA (file)
SymbolEdit
l
- (IPA) alveolar lateral approximant.
- litre or liter
- The Roman numeral representing 50.
- (linear) length (arclength is often denoted with a cursive l)
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:l.
SynonymsEdit
- (litre): L
Etymology 2Edit
Alternative formsEdit
SymbolEdit
l
- Ⅼ, the Roman numeral fifty (50)
See alsoEdit
GalleryEdit
- 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
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Other representations of L:
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
l (lower case, upper case L, plural ls or l's)
- 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 (lower case, upper case L)
- The ordinal number twelfth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2Edit
Abbreviation.
- (stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɛl/.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of will.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of well.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of all.
- (stenoscript) the suffix -ly or word-final syllable /liː/.
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
l
- Abbreviation of litre/liter.
- Abbreviation of pound (sterling), derived from Latin libra.
- Alternative form: l.
- 1837, Joseph Chitty, The Practice of the Law in All Its Principal Departments (page 116)
- And where a barrister, in summing up the items proved before him as arbitrator, misadded them, and thereby by mistake omitted 23l. in favour of the plaintiff, the Court, even at the instance of the barrister, would not allow an amendment, the defendant's counsel objecting.
Etymology 3Edit
InterjectionEdit
l
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (Internet slang) Clipping of lol.
AzerbaijaniEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l lower case (upper case L)
- The eighteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ele and written in the Latin script.
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DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
NounEdit
l m (plural l'en, diminutive l'etje n)
- (euphemistic) Short for lul or any other word starting with an l.
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EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called lo and written in the Latin script.
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EstonianEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ell and written in the Latin script.
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FaroeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (upper case L)
- The fourteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äl or el and written in the Latin script.
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FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
FulaEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
l (lower case, upper case L)
- A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
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GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
l
- Romanization of 𐌻
Haitian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
Contraction of li, from French lui.
PronounEdit
l
- Contraction of li.
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
l (lower case, upper case L)
- The nineteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ell and written in the Latin script.
DeclensionEdit
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 alsoEdit
- (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.
Further readingEdit
- l in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
IdoEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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IndonesianEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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ItalianEdit
LetterEdit
l f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case L)
- The tenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called elle and written in the Latin script.
LadinEdit
ArticleEdit
l m (singular)
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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
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The eighteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
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LivonianEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (upper case L)
- The seventeenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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MalayEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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MalteseEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The sixteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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MirandeseEdit
ArticleEdit
l m pl (plural ls, feminine la, feminine plural las)
- the (definite article)
- l cochino come maçanas
- the pig eats apples
NorwegianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
l
- The 12th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.
Usage notesEdit
- /ɭ/ Retroflex, merge of rl.
- /ɽ/ Tjukk L (thick L), a phenomemon found in the eastern part of Norway, around Oslo and north.
NupeEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The fifteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The fifteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (BR) (file)
LetterEdit
l (lower case, upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- (humorous, possibly offensive) Sometimes, the consonant r is changed to l when depicting stereotypical speech of a Chinese person
- 1989, "O estranho que veio da China", Ranma ½, episode 1, Brazilian dub
- Chinese man: [speaking in broken Portuguese] Vocês, senholes, muito estlanhos, não? Este lugar muito peligoso! Ninguém usa agola, tem mais de cem fontes aqui. E cada uma delas tem uma lenda telivelmente tlágica!
- Chinese man: [speaking in broken Portuguese] You, gentlemen, are very weird, no? This place is very dangerous! Nobody uses it nowadays, it has more than one hundred springs here. And each one has a terribly tragic legend.
- Chinese man: [speaking in broken Portuguese] Vocês, senholes, muito estlanhos, não? Este lugar muito peligoso! Ninguém usa agola, tem mais de cem fontes aqui. E cada uma delas tem uma lenda telivelmente tlágica!
- 1989, "O estranho que veio da China", Ranma ½, episode 1, Brazilian dub
- (humorous, possibly offensive) Sometimes, the consonant r is changed to l when depicting stereotypical speech of a Chinese person
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RomaniEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
l (lower case, upper case L)
- (International Standard) The sixteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- (Pan-Vlax) The seventeenth letter of the Romani 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, 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).
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The fifteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called el, le, or lî and written in the Latin script.
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Serbo-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (uppercase) L
PronunciationEdit
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l (Cyrillic spelling л)
Skolt SamiEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (upper case L)
- The twentieth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
TurkishEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The fifteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called le and written in the Latin script.
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TurkmenEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (upper case L)
- The fourteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
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YorubaEdit
PronunciationEdit
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l (lower case, upper case L)
- The thirteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called lí and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
ZuluEdit
LetterEdit
l (lower case, upper case L)
- The twelfth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.