L

L (lower case l)

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

• (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

L

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

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

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

• Letter styles
• 
  Normal and italic L
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase L in Fraktur

Other representations of L:

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

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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.

• (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

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.

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

• (sports): OTL
• (sports): take the L

• (sports): T, W, OTW

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

L

1. The sixteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

• (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

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe L)

1. The letter L

L upper case (lower case l)

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

• (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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛl/

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L (capital, lowercase l)

1. The twelfth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

• Previous: K
• Next: M

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

• (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

L

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

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

• (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

L

1. laudatur

L

1. leste (east)

• (east): E

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛl/

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L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The twelfth letter of the German alphabet.

Abbreviation.

L m

1. Abbreviation of Liter.

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

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

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

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter L

• IPA^(key): /l/

L (lower case l)

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

• (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

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

L m or f (invariable, lower case l)

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

• (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

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.

• IPA^(key): [l]

L

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

• 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

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

L

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

• (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

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /el/

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

• IPA^(key): /l/, /lʼ/

L

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

• (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, ,

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /l/

L (lower case l)

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

• (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

L (capital, lowercase l)

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

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

L upper case (lower case l)

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

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

• (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

L (upper case, lower case l)

1. The 12th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

• (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

• (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

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.

• (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)

L (upper case, lower case l)

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

• (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