LL
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ll"
English
Noun
LL
- Abbreviation of limited license.
- Abbreviation of lower level.
- (sociolinguistics) Abbreviation of linguistic landscape.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of Late Latin.
- (sports) Abbreviation of lucky loser.
- Abbreviation of low-lead fuel/gasoline/petrol/avgas.
- Abbreviation of long live.
Adjective
LL (not comparable)
Related terms
Phrase
LL
Further reading
- linguistic landscape on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
Alternative forms
- Ꝇ (ligature)
Letter
LL (upper case, lower case ll, mixed case Ll)
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
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔelje/ [ˈʔɛl.jɛ] (letter name)
- Rhymes: -elje
- IPA(key): /lj/ [lj] (phoneme)
- IPA(key): /j/ [j] (phoneme, obsolete)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔelje/ [ˈʔɛl.jɛ] (letter name)
Letter
LL (upper case, lower case ll)
- (historical) The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (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).