L

¹

Or l

[el]

noun

plural

L's, Ls, l's, ls. 

1. the 12th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter L or l, as in let, dull, cradle.

3. something having the shape of an L .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter L or l.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter L or l.

L.

²

abbreviation

1. book.

L

³

[el]

noun

Informal.

plural

L's, Ls 

1. an elevated railroad.

L.

⁴

abbreviation

1. place.

L

⁵

[el]

noun

plural

L's, Ls 

1. ell.

L.

⁶

abbreviation

1. Lady.

2. Lake.

3. large.

4. Latin.

5. latitude.

6. law.

7. left.

8. lempira; lempiras.

9. leu; lei.

10. lev; leva.

11. Liberal.

12. (in Italy) lira; lire.

13. Lord.

14. Low.

15. lumen.

16. Theater.,  stage left.

L

⁷

abbreviation

1. British.,  pound; pounds.

L

⁸

abbreviation

1. Optics.,  lambert; lamberts.

2. language.

3. large.

4. Latin.

5. left.

6. length.

7. long: denoting a size longer than regular, especially for suits and coats made for tall men.

   40L.

8. longitude.

9. Theater.,  stage left.

10. Economics.,  a broad measure of total U.S. liquid assets, issued periodically by the Federal Reserve Board.

L

⁹

Symbol.

1. the 12th in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase),  the Roman numeral for 50.

3. Electricity.,  inductance.

4. Physics.,  kinetic potential.

5. Biochemistry.,  leucine.

l

¹⁰

abbreviation

1. large.

2. liter; liters.

l-

¹¹

Symbol, Biochemistry.

1. (of a molecule) having a configuration resembling the levorotatory isomer of glyceraldehyde: printed as a small capital, roman character (D- ).

l-

¹²

Symbol, Optics, Chemistry, Biochemistry.

1. levorotatory; levo- (d- ).

L-

¹³

abbreviation

1. Chemistry.,  levo-.

2. U.S. Military.,  (in designations of light aircraft) liaison.

   L-15.

l.

¹⁴

abbreviation

plural

ll. 

1. large.

2. latitude.

3. law.

4. leaf.

5. league.

6. left.

7. length.

8. line.

9. link.

10. (in Italy) lira; lire.

11. liter; liters.

12. long.

l

¹

symbol

1. litre

2. physics lepton number

l

²

/ ɛl /

noun

1. the 12th letter and ninth consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a lateral, as in label

3. 1. something shaped like an L

   2. ( in combination )

      an L-shaped room

L

³

symbol

1. ell (unit)

2. lambert(s)

3. large

4. Latin

5. (on British motor vehicles) learner driver

6. physics length

7. live

8. currency

   1. Usually written: £. pound

   2. lempira

   3. lek

   4. leu

   5. lire

9. aeronautics lift

10. electronics inductor (in circuit diagrams)

11. physics latent heat

12. physics self-inductance

13. chem the Avogadro constant

14. 50 See Roman numerals

abbreviation

1. Luxembourg (international car registration)

L.

⁴

abbreviation

1. lake

2. left

3. length

l

1. Abbreviation of length, liter

Word History and Origins

Origin of l¹

From the Latin word liber

Origin of l²

From the Latin word locus

Origin of l³

From the Latin word lībra

Word History and Origins

Origin of l¹

(for sense 8a) Latin libra pound