ll

Abbreviation of lines; formed similarly to pp for pages.

ll pl (plural only)

1. lines

• IPA^(key): /ɫ/

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

1. The seventeenth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

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

1. (used to represent the sound /ʎ/. See also l·l.)

• IPA^(key): /ʎ/

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

1. A letter of the Quechua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• ꝇ (ligature)

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

1. (historical) The fourteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by l and followed by m.

• 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”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish ll.

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

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

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

• 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).

• ỻ (archaic, usually Middle Welsh)

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

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

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

In Middle and Early Modern English, Welsh ll was adopted as fl. Examples are Floyd, Fluellen and flummery.

• (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)

• 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”):

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies