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L

L

1 1.0
The twelfth letter of the English alphabet
  • noun
  • /ɛl/
translation icon : ele
  • The letter L comes after K in the English alphabet.
  • R and L
  • Table L
  • formatted Table L

We know that A means an ah, sound, L is a list sound, pH is.

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Examples

  • Do I have my missing thousands upon thousands of Ls back in my account?

    Blog text (33)

  • "Write those Ls out as letters.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • So those are K and these are L, right?

  • In the word 'ball,' the letter L appears twice.

  • You should write the letter L in uppercase when starting a sentence.

Synonyms

el
vsL
9.9

The name of the letter L

is the symbol form of that alphabet character

Idioms

HE-double-L yeah
  • Slang
9.9

A very excited yes that shows strong agreement

Compounds

the l-word
  • Informal
1 9.6

A polite way to mention the word love when someone feels awkward saying it

L-beam
  • Specialized
1 5.7

A beam shaped like an L that supports edges and corners

ft-L
  • Archaic
9.9

A unit for measuring how bright a surface is

L-plate
  • UK
7.9

A square sign with the letter L on a car showing the driver is learning

Surface Forms

L singular
Ls plural

Etymology

L comes from the old Greek letter lambda, which stood for the 'l' sound. So L still makes the 'l' sound in English words today.