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Translingual
Letter
L (lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
Numeral
L
- Roman numeral fifty (50)
- (ordinal) the fiftieth (50th)
Symbol
L
- Symbol for liter or litre.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for leucine
- (set theory) Constructible universe
- (computer science) Deterministic logarithmic space
Synonyms
Gallery
- Letter styles
Normal and italic L
Uppercase and lowercase L in Fraktur
See also
Other representations of L:
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (letter) IPA(key): /ɛl/
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /l/
- (main allophones) IPA(key): [l], [ɫ]
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Letter
L (upper case, lower case l, plural Ls or L's)
See also
Number
L (upper case, lower case l)
Etymology 2
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 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
- 1925 February 21, "Co-operation" (cartoon), The New Yorker, page 2,
Derived terms
- (sports): OTL
- (sports): take the L
See also
Abbreviation
L
- (US, politics) Libertarian.
- Latin Language
- Lira
- Low Pressure Front
- Left
- Lobby
- Liber
- (linguistics) low (variety of a language with limited prestige and official acceptance)
- an L variety
Afar
Letter
L
- The sixteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.
See Also
- (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
American Sign Language
Letter

- The letter L
Azerbaijani
Letter
L upper case (lower case l)
See also
- (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
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛl/
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Letter
L (capital, lowercase l)
- The twelfth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
See also
Esperanto
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
See also
Abbreviation
L
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of li (“he”).
Finnish
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
See also
Abbreviation
L
Galician
Abbreviation
L
Synonyms
- (east): E
German
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɛl/
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Audio (file)
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The twelfth letter of the German alphabet.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Noun
L m
- Abbreviation of Liter.
German Sign Language
Etymology
Related to the French Sign Language sign for "L".
Production
This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in the “L” shape.
Letter

- the letter L
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l/
Letter
L (lower case l)
See also
- (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
Italian
Pronunciation
- (name of letter) IPA(key): /ˈɛlle/
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /l/
Letter
L m, f (invariable, lower case l)
See also
- (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, Î î, 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
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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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Letter

L (upper case, lower case l)
See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Malay
Pronunciation
Letter
L
See also
- (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
Portuguese
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), 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
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /el/
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The fifteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /l/. Preceded by K and followed by M.
Saanich
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l/, /lʼ/
Letter
L
See also
- (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, ,
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /l/
Letter
L (lower case l)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â 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
Slovene
Letter
L (capital, lowercase l)
- The 13th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by K and followed by M.
Somali
Pronunciation
Letter
L upper case (lower case l)
Usage notes
See also
- (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
Spanish
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The 12th letter of the Spanish alphabet.
Turkish
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
See also
- (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
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ləː˨˩], [ləː˨˩ kaːw˧˧], [ləː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ləː˦˩], [ləː˦˩ kaːw˧˧], [ləː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ləː˨˩], [ləː˨˩ kaːw˧˧], [ləː˨˩]
- Phonetic: e lờ, lờ cao, lờ
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)
- The fourteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-lờ, lờ cao, or lờ and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; 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)
Zulu
Letter
L (upper case, lower case l)



