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l¹

  • /ɛl/ letter, name
  • /æl/ Southern England, West Midlands, nonstandard
  • /l/ phoneme
  • [l]
  • [ɫ]
  • [w]

Rhymes with -ɛl

letter L · ls · l's

  1. letter, lowercase The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

number L · ls · l's

  1. lowercase, number The twelfth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

l²

Where it comes from

Abbreviation.

noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of litre or liter
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of Latinlibra (“pound (sterling)”). 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.
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of leaf
  4. abbreviation Abbreviation of line
  5. abbreviation Abbreviation of loss/lose

l³

interjection

  1. Internet, abbreviation, clipping Clipping of lol

L⁴

  • /ɛl/
  • /l/ phoneme
  • [l]
  • [ɫ]

Rhymes with -ɛl

letter l · Ls · L's

  1. letter, uppercase The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

number l · Ls · L's

  1. uppercase, number The twelfth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

L⁵

Where it comes from

Abbreviation.

noun Ls

  1. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of losses (statistic).
  2. abbreviation, countable, slang Abbreviation of loss to take the L
  3. Internet, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable A fail.
  4. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of el (“elevated train”). PLEASE! HELP US KEEP THE "L" AND SUBWAY CLEAN
  5. US, abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of Libertarian
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of left
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Latin
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable, usually Initialism of large (the manufactured size or an item of that size).
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of lira
  10. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of lobby
  11. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of low pressure front
  12. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of ligne
  13. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of lesbian L wntd to share spacious JP apt w/veget non-smkng indep quiet L, dog, cat.
  14. countable, slang, uncountable Two cigarette papers laid perpendicularly on each other when making a joint.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable, usually Initialism of large (of the manufactured size).
  2. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of left
  3. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of low (variety of a language with limited prestige and official acceptance). an L variety
  4. not comparable, slang Bad, subpar, of inferior quality (abbreviation of loser). (Compare noun etymology 2, noun sense 1 and etymology 2, noun sense 2.)

    Opposite: W

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@misc{l_2026,
  title = {l},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/l},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}