ll

See also: Ll, LL, -ll, ll., 'll, L-L, ỻ, Ỻ, and Variations of "ll"

ll - English

Noun

ll pl (plural only)

lines

ll - Spanish

Alternative forms

ꝇ (ligature)

Letter

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

elle, the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet, after l and before m

Usage notes

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

ll - Tagalog

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ll
(letter name): IPA: /ˈʔelje/, [ˈʔɛl.jɛ]
(phoneme): IPA: /lj/, [lj]
(phoneme, obsolete): IPA: /j/, [j]

Letter

ll (lower case, upper case LL, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ)

(historical) The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (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).

ll - Welsh

Alternative forms

ỻ (archaic, usually Middle Welsh)

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA: /ɛɬ/
- (informal) IPA: /ɬ/

Letter

ll (lower case, upper case Ll)

The sixteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èll and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by l and followed by m.

Mutation

Ll at the beginning of words mutates to L in a soft mutation, but is unchanged by nasal mutation and aspirate mutation, for example with the word llawen (“merry”):

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llawen	lawen	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.