dark l

English

Noun

dark l (plural dark ls or dark l's)

  1. (phonology) A consonantal sound, the velarized alveolar lateral approximant, represented by ⟨ɫ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
    Coordinate term: clear l
    • 1956, Daniel Jones, The Pronunciation of English, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 91:
      Occasionally one meets with people in the South of England who do not differentiate between clear l's and dark l's to the extent mentioned in the preceding paragraphs.

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