LL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ll"

English

Noun

LL

1. Abbreviation of limited license.
2. Abbreviation of lower level.
3. (sociolinguistics) Abbreviation of linguistic landscape.
4. (linguistics) Abbreviation of Late Latin.
5. (sports) Abbreviation of lucky loser.
6. Abbreviation of low-lead fuel/gasoline/petrol/avgas.
7. Abbreviation of long live.

Adjective

LL (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of low-lead.

Related terms

• L
• UL

Phrase

LL

1. (US, military) Initialism of lesson learned.

Further reading

• linguistic landscape on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝ/ [ɟ͡ʝ]

• IPA^(key): /ʝ/ [ɟ͡ʝ] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ʎ/ [ʎ] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ʃ/ [ʃ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒ/ [ʒ] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

Letter

LL (upper case, lower case ll, mixed case Ll)

1. elle, the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet, after L and before M

Usage notes

• Since 1994, this letter is treated as two separate L letters for collation purposes only. In 2010, this letter was officially dropped by the RAE from the Spanish alphabet.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish LL.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔelje/ [ˈʔɛl.jɛ] (letter name)
    • Rhymes: -elje
  • IPA^(key): /lj/ [lj] (phoneme)
  • IPA^(key): /j/ [j] (phoneme, obsolete)

Letter

LL (all caps, upper case Ll, lower case ll)

1. (historical) the fourteenth letter of the Abecedario, called elle and written in the Latin script

Usage notes

• Unlike other Spanish dialects, ⟨LL⟩ in Philippine Spanish conforms to lleísmo. However, very early Spanish borrowings (around 16th–17th century) seem to follow yeísmo such as in kabayo (caballo), sibuyas (cebollas), and yawe (llave).

See also

• L

Welsh

Alternative forms

• Ỻ (archaic, usually Middle Welsh)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɛɬ/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /ɬ/

Letter

LL (all caps, upper case Ll, lower case ll)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èll and written in the Latin script; preceded by L and followed by M.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

Mutation

• Ll at the beginning of words mutates to L in a soft mutation, but is unchanged by nasal mutation and aspirate mutation.